Peter O'Sullivan (Australian footballer)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Peter O'Sullivan
| image =
| fullname = Peter Daniel O'Sullivan
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|5|22}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|9|23|1932|5|22}}
| death_place = near Ouyen, Victoria
| originalteam = Ascot Youth Centre
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = Half forward/Wingman
| statsend = 1958
| years1 = 1952–1955
| club1 = Essendon
| games_goals1 = 47 {{0}}(1)
| years2 = 1956–1958
| club2 = North Melbourne
| games_goals2 = 24 {{0}}(7)
| years3 = 1959
| club3 = Coburg (VFA)
| games_goals3 = 16 (24)
| years4 = 1962
| club4 = Sorrento
| games_goals4 = 16 {{0}}(0)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Peter Daniel O'Sullivan (22 May 1932 – 23 September 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.[https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_OSullivan_gm.html Peter O'Sullivan -- Games Played: afltables.com.]
Football
O'Sullivan, who was a good performer for Ascot Youth Centre in the Essendon District League before joining the VFL, played his football on the wing and as a half-forward flanker.{{cite web| url=http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=711| title=Essendon Football Club – Team Players – Peter O'Sullivan| publisher=Essendonfc.com.au| access-date=27 December 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000554/http://www.essendonfc.com.au/team/player-past.asp?id=711| archive-date=26 March 2012| url-status=dead}}
After making 12 appearances in his debut season with Essendon, O'Sullivan played 19 games in 1953, including a semi final.
Over the next two seasons O'Sullivan found in more difficult to establish a place for himself in the side.
In 1956 joined Charlie Gaudion's North Melbourne. He spent three years at North Melbourne, including the 1957 season in the reserves when North Melbourne 14.13 (97) defeated Fitzroy 13.15 (93) in the grand final—O'Sullivan, who kicked 4 goals, was best on the ground.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DVIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4182%2C3157936 Last Quarter Bid Lands Win for North, The Age, (Monday, 23 September 1957), p.16.]
He finished his career in the Victorian Football Association at Coburg.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/O'Sullivan,_Peter.php |title=Peter O'Sullivan |publisher=The VFA Project}} In 1962 O'Sullivan coached Sorrento in the Mornington Peninsula Football League.
Death
At the age of 40, O'Sullivan, a passenger, was killed in a car accident on the Calder Highway, south of Ouyen, on 23 September 1972.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c8wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6963%2C5651113|title=Highway claims 4 of 10 victims|date=25 September 1972|work=The Age|page=3|accessdate=24 June 2021}}{{cite book|last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c8wzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6153%2C5714448 Deaths: O'Sullivan, The Age, (Monday, 25 September 1972), p.15.]
Notes
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References
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=P/Peter_OSullivan.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=peter%2Bo%2527sullivan/8138}}
- [http://www.boylesfootballphotos.net.au/Peter+O%27Sullivan Peter O'Sullivan] at Boyles Football Photos.
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Category:Essendon Football Club players
Category:North Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Coburg Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)