Peter Foster (Australian rules footballer)

Peter Foster
Personal information
Date of birth	2 June 1960
Place of birth	Colac, Victoria
Original team(s)	Coragulac (Hampden FL)
Height / weight	189 cm / 86 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1980–1982 1983–1993 Total -	Fitzroy Footscray	007 0(2) 163 (56) 170 (58)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
Charles Sutton Medal: 1990

Peter Foster (born 2 June 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy and Footscray in the Australian Football League.

Foster had played just four games with Footscray when in 1984, after a heavy loss to Melbourne coach Mick Malthouse decided to try him at centre half-back for the match against Collingwood.^[1] He became a mainstay in that position for the rest of his career.

Foster finished equal 5th in the 1988 Brownlow Medal and won Footscray's best and fairest award in 1990.

In September 2011, tragedy struck when Foster's older sister, Christine Wilcox, died in a house fire in Newport.^[2]

His son, Jayden, was selected by Carlton in the 2014 AFL Draft.

References

1. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-01-04/micks-case-of-deja-vu
2. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/woman-dies-in-newport-house-fire-20110912-1k67p.html

External links

• Peter Foster's statistics from AFL Tables