Peter Schofield (Australian rules footballer)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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| name = Peter Schofield

| image = Peter Schofield 1953.jpg

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| fullname = Peter John Schofield

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|2|12|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Mentone Grammar

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 75 kg

| position = Full-forward

| club1 = Richmond

| years1 = 1951–53

| games_goals1 = 16 {{0}}(25)

| club2 = Melbourne

| years2 = 1953

| games_goals2 = {{0}}6 {{0}}(14)

| club3 = Moorabbin (VFA)

| years3 = 1954–57, 1961

| games_goals3 = 75 (312)

| club4 = North Melbourne

| years4 = 1957–60

| games_goals4 = 50 (111)

| statsend = 1960

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Peter John Schofield (born 12 February 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Melbourne, and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.{{Ref AFL Encyc|10th|788}}

Mentone's Peter Schofield arrived on the VFL scene when he kicked four goals on debut for Richmond and finished the season with 21 goals from just six appearances. He did not, however, get many opportunities in the seniors over the next two years, nor did he at Melbourne when he crossed there in 1953.

In 1954, Schofield crossed to Moorabbin in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He was the VFA's leading goalkicker in 1954, when he kicked 96 goals for the year, including a tally of 22 goals in a match against Sandringham. Schofield played in this stint for Moorabbin for just over three seasons, and was cleared to North Melbourne after Round 2, 1957.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|page=55|date=1 May 1957|title=Schofield trains with North}}

At North Melbourne, Schofield was used as a full-forward and played in a losing preliminary final in 1958. He topped their goal-kicking in 1959 with 47 goals and the following season he kicked a VFL career-high eight goals in a match against South Melbourne at Arden Street.

In June 1961, Schofield was cleared back to Moorabbin for a second stint, where he and young star forward Max Papley formed a strong forward-line combination.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|page=46|author=Scot Palmer|date=3 June 1961|title=Moorabbin calls on big guns}} He played a total of 75 games for Moorabbin, and kicked 312 goals.{{citation|first=Marc|last=Fiddian|year=2004|title=The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995|page=202}}