Alec Peak

{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1916}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alec Peak

| image =

| fullname = James Alexander Peak{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=576075|title=World War Two Nominal Roll|publisher=Government of Australia|accessdate=6 October 2014}}

| birth_date = 11 November 1916

| birth_place = Armadale, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|11|8|1916|11|11|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Canterbury

| height = 166 cm

| weight = 65 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1938

| years1 = 1938

| club1 = St Kilda

| games_goals1 = 5 (0)

| careerhighlights =

}}

James Alexander Peak (11 November 1916 – 8 November 1997){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/alec%2Bpeak/6344|title=Alec Peak - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=8 February 2015}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}

Peak was the first St Kilda player to win a Gardiner Medal, taking home the seconds best and fairest award in 1937.The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11109349 "Peak's Medal"], 1 September 1937, p. 9 He was rewarded with senior selection in 1938 but wasn't retained by St Kilda for the 1939 VFL season.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Alec_Peak.html AFL Tables: Alec Peak]

He later served St Kilda as a committeeman. As a selector, he helped build the team which could break the club's premiership drought in 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/4648/default.aspx |title=Graham Huggins |publisher=Official AFL website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071519/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/4648/default.aspx |archivedate=10 October 2012 }}