Peter Street

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This article is about a football player. Peter Street (or Streete) was also the name of the carpenter who built the original Globe Theatre in 1599.[1]

Peter Street
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Personal information
Birth June 6, 1980 (1980-06-06) (age 28),
Recruited from Glenorchy/Tas U18/Geelong
Height and weight 211cm / 105kg
Playing career¹
Debut Round 2, April 8, 2001, Geelong vs. St Kilda, at Colonial Stadium
Team(s) Geelong (2001-2003)

17 games, 3 goals

Western Bulldogs (2004-)

60 games, 13 goals

¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights

Peter Street (born June 6, 1980 in Tasmania) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He is one of the two tallest players to ever play in the VFL/AFL at 211cm (6' 11"), the other being Aaron Sandilands.

He was originally drafted by the Geelong Football Club in the 1998 AFL Draft before being traded to the Western Bulldogs at the end of the 2003 season. Street is a considered a cult figure at the Bulldogs and during the 2006 season, amidst many long-term injuries to its taller players, he became an important ruckman.

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