Bert Peters
| Bert Peters | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Albert Otto Peters | ||
| Nickname(s) | Snowy | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | St Arnaud, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 1944 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Bay of Biscay, off German submarine U-270 | ||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1930–1931 | North Melbourne | 17 (3) | |
| 1932-1936 | Tooradin | ||
| 1937 | Dromana | ||
| 1938-1940 | Sorrento | 46 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Albert Otto "Snowy" Peters (8 August 1908 – 13 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
He was nicknamed "Snow" or "Snowy", for his very fair hair.
Family
The son of Carl Erich Theodore Otto Peters (1872-1950),[2][3] and Harriet Cordelia Peters (1874-1970), née Bond, Albert Otto Peters was born at St Arnaud, Victoria on 8 August 1908.[4]
He married Ruby Anzac Kernot (1916-) in September 1939.[5]
Football career
He was one of seven North Melbourne players to make their league debut in the opening round of the 1930 VFL season.[6] By the end of the year he had played 12 games and he added another five in the 1931 season, which would be his last.[7] In each of his 17 appearances for North Melbourne, Peters finished on the losing team. This included a 168-point loss to Richmond at Punt Road Oval.[8] The 199 points conceded by North Melbourne in that game remained a league record until 1969.[9]
Peters spent the rest of his football career in the Mornington Peninsula. He captain-coached Mornington Peninsula Football League club Sorrento from 1938 to 1940 and led them to the finals in each of those years, including the 1940 grand final against victors Somerville-Baxter, contrary to folklore.[10][11][12] Before coming to Sorrento, Peters played for Dromana District in 1937,.[13] Prior clubs were Tooradin and Wonthaggi.
Military service
Peters was working as a teacher in Red Hill South, Victoria when he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941.[14][15] He came to England in June 1943 for operational training.[16] His first posting was to the No. 455 Squadron RAAF and then the No. 53 Squadron RAF, which were based in Cornwall.[16]
Death
On 13 June 1944, Peters was a navigator on board the No. 53 Squadron's B-24 Liberator BZ818/C which had been sent to the Bay of Biscay to perform an anti-submarine patrol.[16] The plane was shot down by German submarine U-270, with all crew members killed.[16][17][18]
His body was never recovered. He is commemorated at the Air Forces Memorial, at Runnymede.[19]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
- ^ Private Eric Peters, The Australian Boer War Memorial, Anzac Parade Canberra.
- ^ Deaths: Peters, The Age, (Thursday, 12 October 1950), p.2.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
- ^ Tooradin: Wedding Bells, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday, 27 September 1939), p.9.
- ^ "Geelong v North Melbourne - Sat, 3-May-1930". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Bert Peters - Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Richmond v North Melbourne - Sat, 9-May-1931". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "AFL Tables - Game Records - Progression of Highest Score". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Football". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949). Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 12 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Sorrento's Great Effort". Frankston and Somerville Standard (Vic. : 1921 - 1939). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 9 September 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "Somerville's Effortless Premiership". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949). Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Peninsula Football Progress". Frankston and Somerville Standard (Vic. : 1921 - 1939). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 June 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Service Record.
- ^ "Advertising". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949). Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 14 June 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d "P09119.002". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Albert Otto Peters". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ Tooradin Airman Missing, The Dandenong Journal, (Wednesday, 19 July 1944), p.1.
- ^ Flying Officer Albert Otto Peters (408874), Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
References
- R.A.A.F. Casualty List: Overseas: Missing Air Operations, The Age, (Tuesday, 18 July 1944), p.3.
- R.A.A.F. Casualty List: Overseas: Previously Reported Missing, Now Presumed Dead, The Age, (Friday, 19 June 1945), p.5.
- World War Two Service Record: Flying Officer Albert Otto Peters (408874), National Archives of Australia.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Flying Officer Albert Otto Peters (408874), Department of Veteran's Affairs.
- Sportsmen's Honor Roll, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 19 July 1941), p.40.
- Mickle, D.J., Tooradin: a history of a sportsman's paradise and the first 100 years of State School no. 1503, compiled by D.J. Mickle and the Tooradin "Back to" Committee, D.J Mickle, (Tooradin), 1975
External links
- Bert Peters's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bert Peters at AustralianFootball.com