Brian Peake

Brian Peake OAM
Personal information
Full name	Brian Francis Peake
Nickname(s)	Bomber, Pasties
Date of birth	(1953-12-04) 4 December 1953 (age 63)
Place of birth	South Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Manning JFC
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Utility
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1972–81; 1985–90	East Fremantle	305 (293)
1981–84	Geelong	66 (49)
1990	Perth	10 (6)
Total		381 (348)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1974–77 1978–82; 1984–87	WAFL Western Australia	6 (2) 16 (14) 22 (16)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1990.
Career highlights
WAFL representative team 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 East Fremantle captain 1979-81, 1986-87 East Fremantle premiership side 1974, 1979, 1985 East Fremantle best and fairest 1976–80, 1987 Sandover Medal 1977 WA State of Origin team 1978–82, 1984–87 WA State of Origin captain 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987 All-Australian team 1979, 1980, 1986 All-Australian captain 1979, 1986 Tassie Medal 1979 Geelong captain 1982 West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2004 Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee 2013
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian Francis Peake OAM (born 4 December 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played for East Fremantle and Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also played State of Origin football for Western Australia from 1978 to 1987, captaining the side in 1979, 1980, 1986 and 1987. Peake was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1990, was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2013.

The son of Laurie Peake, who also played for East Fremantle, Peake was versatile ruck-rover, half-forward flanker or centreman. He had a long and successful career with East Fremantle where he made his debut in 1972, playing in three premiership winning sides (1974, 1979 and 1985), winning a Sandover Medal in 1977 and captaining the All-Australian side in 1979 and 1986. Peake played over 300 games for the Blue and Whites and holds the record for six club Best and Fairests. After being controversially sacked with full support of the board by the Sharks three rounds into 1990, Peake moved on to Perth when no other WASFL club was interested in him. In his short career with the Demons Peake became the second West Australian behind Barry Cable to reach 400 games of senior league football. Peake has been named a WAFL Hall of Fame Legend.

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