Peter Paterson (footballer, born 1916)
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1916}}
{{for|the Collingwood footballer|Peter Patterson (footballer, born 1945)}}
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{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Peter Paterson
| image =
| fullname = Peter George Paterson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|07|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Boort, Victoria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|06|08|1916|07|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Hastings, Victoria
| originalteam = Barham F.C., Rochester F.C.
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 79 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1945
| years1 = 1938–39, 1945
| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}
| games_goals1 = 9 (5)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Peter George Paterson (27 July 1916 – 8 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.690.
Family
The son of George Bell Paterson (1877–), and Helen Jane Crichton Paterson (1879–1966), née Berry, Peter George Paterson was born at Boort, Victoria on 27 July 1916.
He married Phyllis Ruth Patrick (1921–1981) on 12 December 1942.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245611352 Engagements, The Herald, (Thursday, 21 August 1941), p.13.]
Football
=Essendon (VFL)=
Paterson was recruited from Rochester via Barham and played with Essendon in 1938, 1939 and 1945.{{cite web |title=1938 – New Players in League |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11173876 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=4 May 2021 |pages=20 |date=3 June 1938}}
=Coburg (VFA)=
He transferred from Essendon to Coburg without a clearance from Essendon, and was granted a permit to play by the VFA on 1 August 1945.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article981409 Shaw, Roy, "Camberwell seek League Men", The Argus, (Wednesday, 1 August 1945), p.14.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204027305 The Association: Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 2 August 1945), p.8.]
Death
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}} -- note that Maplestone (pp.405, 479, 480, and 486) has him as Patterson, with double "t".
External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=P/Peter_Paterson.html}}
- {{AustralianFootball|ref=peter%2Bpaterson/6265}}
- [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Paterson,_Peter.php Peter Paterson] at The VFA Project.
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Essendon Football Club players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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