Peter Burgoyne
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Image:Peter Burgoyne Footysticker2000.jpg | |
Personal Info | |
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Birth | January 29, 1978, |
Recruited from | St Mary's (NTFL)
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Playing Career¹ | |
Debut | Round 1, March 29, 1997, Port Adelaide vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
Team(s) | Port Adelaide (1997-)
174 games, 172 goals |
¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
Career Highlights | |
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Peter Burgoyne (born January 29, 1978) is an indigenous Australian rules footballer.
Beginning his AFL career with the inaugural Port Adelaide side to enter the AFL, Burgoyne has become well-regarded for his performance as an attacking midfielder. He was selected straight from the Port Adelaide side in the SANFL in their changeover from one league to the other.
Honours include being selected as part of the International rules series in 1999 and was a vital part of Port's premiership side of 2004. Burgoyne was also named in the Indigenous Team of the Century.
He has a younger brother also playing with Port Adelaide, Shaun Burgoyne.