Peter Burns

For the singer for the band Dead or Alive, see Pete Burns.

Peter Burns

Personal information
Full name	Peter Burns
Date of birth	5 January 1866(1866-01-05)
Date of death	11 October 1952(1952-10-11)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1902	Geelong	89 (7)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 1902 season .
Career highlights
Geelong captain 1896 (VFA), 1900 South Melbourne (VFA) premierships 1885, 1889, 1890, 1891 Victorian representative 14 matches Captained Victoria 1899

Peter Burns (5 January 1866 – 11 October 1952) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Victorian Football League (VFL).

Burns was a tall ruckman and full-back. Playing originally with Ballarat Football Club in the VFA, he later played with the VFA's South Melbourne and joined the Geelong Football Club in 1892, at which time it was also a VFA club. Geelong became a foundation VFL club in 1896 and Burns played in its first VFL season 1897.

In 1996 Burns was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. p. 44. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
Full Points Footy Bio
AFL Hall of Fame
Peter Burns's statistics from AFL Tables

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jack Conway	Captain of Geelong 1900	Succeeded by Henry Young

Captains of the Geelong Football Club

1897–1899: Conway • 1900: Burns • 1901–1909: Young • 1910–1913: Eason • 1914–1915: Orchard • 1917: Marsham • 1918: Kearney • 1919: Kearney/Eason • 1920: Eason • 1921–1922: Craven • 1923: B. Rankin • 1924: Hagger • 1925–1927: C. Rankin • 1928: Fitzmaurice • 1929–1930: Coghlan • 1931: Baker • 1932–1940: Hickey • 1941: Arklay • 1944: Butcher • 1945: Butcher/White • 1946: Grant • 1947: Gniel • 1948: White • 1949: Fitzgerald/Morrow • 1950: White/Smith • 1951–1953: Flanagan • 1954: Smith/Flanagan • 1955–1958: Davis • 1959: Trezise • 1960: Hovey/Rice • 1961–1962: Yeates • 1963–1964: Wooler • 1965–1967: Farmer • 1968–1971: Goggin • 1972: Wade • 1973: Ainsworth • 1974–1975: Newman • 1976–1977: B. Nankervis • 1978–1981: I. Nankervis • 1982: Peake • 1983: I. Nankervis • 1984–1986: Turner • 1987–1989: Bourke • 1990–1991: Bews • 1992–1994: Bairstow • 1995: Ablett/Hinkley/Hocking/Stoneham • 1996: Ablett/Stoneham • 1997–1998: Stoneham • 1999: Hocking/Colbert • 2000–2002: Graham • 2003–2006: King • 2007–2009: Harley • 2010–2011: Ling

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Name	Burns, Peter
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Date of birth	5 January 1866
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Date of death	11 October 1952
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