Peter Burgoyne

Peter Burgoyne
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-01-29) 29 January 1978
Original team(s)	St Mary's (NTFL)
Height / weight	183 cm / 84 kg
Position(s)	Midfield, half back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997–2009	Port Adelaide	240 (193)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1999 2003–2007 2008	South Australia Indigenous All-Stars Dream Team	1 (0) 2 (?) 1 (0)
International team honours
1999–2003	Australia	4 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
Career highlights
Port Adelaide premiership side 2004 South Australian representative 1999 Australian international rules representative 1999, 2003 Showdown Medal round 22, 2003 Port Adelaide Best Finals Player 2007 Indigenous Team of the Century SANFL Port Adelaide Magpies premiership side 1998

Peter Gabriel Burgoyne (born 29 January 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.

Early life

Burgoyne is of Indigenous Australian descent with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Kokatha (Nunga) in South Australia.^[1] He grew up in the Northern Territory and began playing football with St Mary's in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL). He is the elder brother of current Hawthorn and former Port Adelaide player, Shaun Burgoyne and is the son of former Port Adelaide player Peter Burgoyne, Snr.

AFL career

Early career

Beginning his AFL career with the inaugural Port Adelaide side to enter the AFL, Burgoyne became well regarded for his performance as an attacking midfielder. He was selected from the Port Adelaide side in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) in their changeover from the SANFL to the AFL.

Success

Honours include being selected as part of the International rules series in 1999 and was a vital part of Port's premiership side of 2004. Burgoyne was also named in the Indigenous Team of the Century. Despite being selected for and representing South Australia in the final State of Origin game against Victoria in 1999, Burgoyne was not technically eligible under the existing rules, having resided in the Northern Territory and not South Australia for the majority of his life between the ages of 10 and 17.

Twilight career

In 2007 Burgoyne made a highly successful transition to the half back flank, following an injury-riddled 2006 in his usual midfield role, and finished third in the club's Best and Fairest count. His finals series was also acknowledged with the Power's 'Best Finals Player' award.

Retirement

Burgoyne retired at the end of the 2009 season. He and team-mate Brendon Lade, the last remaining members of Port Adelaide's inaugural AFL team, both played their final games in round 22, 2009.

Playing statistics

^[2]

See also

• After the siren kicks in Australian rules football

References

External links

• Peter Burgoyne's profile on the official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Peter Burgoyne's statistics from AFL Tables

Australian squad – 1999 International Rules Series
Akermanis Allan Ashcroft Bell Burgoyne Buckley (c) Burke Campbell Camporeale Cousins Crawford Croad Graham Hart Leppitsch McKay McRae Molloy O'Loughlin Richardson Silvagni (gk) Smith Waterhouse West
Coach: Brereton

Australian squad – 2003 International Rules Series
Barry Bell Bickley Bizzell Brown Burgoyne Carr Crouch Crawford Hall Harvey Hasleby Hayes Jakovich (gk) B. Johnson C. Johnson Kirk Murphy Pavlich Power Rawlings Scarlett Simpson Smith Wells Wirrpanda
Coach: Lyon