Peter Foster

[Dry Rot]

Peter Foster was before my time as an AFL supporter. I note that many posters regard his career highly.

Can you tell me about his time at the Dogs?

 

[OldSchool]

Originally posted by Dry Rot
Peter Foster was before my time as an AFL supporter. I note that many posters regard his career highly.

Can you tell me about his time at the Dogs?

Talented key defender who also did some damage when he went forward. He was a great mark and a long left foot kick.
Great clubman.
Played on the best players and really made them work hard for a kick.
Opposition teams often tried to lure away from CHB by dragging him to FB in an effort to curb his influence.
His career was cut short by a Paul Dear kick to the shins that broke his leg. When he came back he lost another yard in pace and was never the same.

Fantastic bloke

 

[Dry Rot]

When did he play? Which well known opposition CHFs did he sort out?

 

[OldSchool]

Originally posted by Dry Rot
When did he play? Which well known opposition CHFs did he sort out?

Played in the 80's and 90's and won the club B & F in 1990
Foster played on the likes of Kernahan, Brereton and Dermie rates him as one of the best that played against him

 

[Dry Rot]

When did he retire (or break his leg)?

Does our dodgy defence date from then? Seems that from the mid nineties our defence has not been well regarded, with no stand-out CHB (exzcept when Grant played back there).

 

[OldSchool]

Originally posted by Dry Rot
When did he retire (or break his leg)?

Does our dodgy defence date from then? Seems that from the mid nineties our defence has not been well regarded, with no stand-out CHB (exzcept when Grant played back there).

I think he went at the end of 95. perhaps 96.
We really have had had problems with our defence for at least 10 years and even guys like Toohey, Campbell and Southern couldn't really cover the key posts that well.

 

[Dry Rot]

Thanks for the info OldSchool.

How are handling the off-season? I'm really missing my footy.

 

[OldSchool]

Originally posted by Dry Rot
Thanks for the info OldSchool.

How are handling the off-season? I'm really missing my footy.

I am actually enjoying it and I am not missing it too much at all.
Looking forward to the upcoming trade period and of course the draft.

 

[Bulldog1954]

Wouldn't it be great to have our side now With Fossy and Rick at CHB and FB

 

[Bulldogsroar]

I remember a story that he was about to quit the dogs and head to perth at the end of 1983 , at that stage he was 22/23 and had played 10 games. Malthouse got appointed and moved him to CHB , the rest is history . Again proves that a big man takes a while to develop unless you are Wiggins.

 

[The Doctor]

Originally posted by Bulldog1954
Wouldn't it be great to have our side now With Fossy and Rick at CHB and FB

Absolutely.

Just imagine if we could throw in Angelo Petraglia on a HFF and Zeno Tzatzaris on a HBF as well .

 

[Bulldogsroar]

Originally posted by The Doctor


Absolutely.

Just imagine if we could throw in Angelo Petraglia on a HFF and Zeno Tzatzaris on a HBF as well .

dont start........... Sedat Sir on the other flank and Cronin or Love on the other HFF ............... i think its started

 

[Bulldog1954]

Originally posted by jboyar


dont start........... Sedat Sir on the other flank and Cronin or Love on the other HFF ............... i think its started

Seeing its been started, how tantaslising would thew prospect be of Griffin and Nicholsons on the HBF's feeding ther ball through the middle through Cullen and Quill to a leading John Georgiades and Ballantyne

 

[The Doctor]

Originally posted by Bulldog1954


Seeing its been started, how tantaslising would thew prospect be of Griffin and Nicholsons on the HBF's feeding ther ball through the middle through Cullen and Quill to a leading John Georgiades and Ballantyne

seeing that it's been continued.....

How about all of the above feeding the great man, the Colossus of the Goal Square, the brilliant Daniel Del-Re .

 

[Bulldogsroar]

i was thinking of Komp at CHF and a fast leading Loveless at FF.

 

[Chops]

Peter Foster - To say he was our 2nd best CHB behind Mr Football really sums it up.
Hard as nails, tough, gave Stewie Loewe bathes twice a year by leaning all over him. Dermie rated one of the best CHB he played on. Did well against Sticks but Sticks kept getting frees. I remember when he moved to CHF v Essendon and towelled up Terry Daniher in 1 quarter. The end was tragic, it didn't look like much, just a sweep of the leg. He tried to get up kick the ball but just collapsed. Plate placed in leg got infected and instead of missed 4-6, it got doubled. Played again but never got the speed or strength back. Was getting on a bit.

With Kennedy at FB, defence was not a worry. No offence to Epplestun, Ford, Zeno and a number of others but they were made to look very good.
We had no forward line but with Malthouse defence wasn't a problem.

 

[sigscotty]

Originally posted by OldSchool

I think he went at the end of 95. perhaps 96.

It was well before that. The broken leg came in 92 i believe (pretty close to certain, i remember as a youngster hoping very much he could get back for the finals), i don't think he was on our list by the 94 season.

I remember him playing on a young but highly rated Wayne Carey and giving him an absolute hiding. Another one i remember well is a week where Stewie Lowe had been in great form and was getting heaps of attention in the media during the week (including a news item showing how many eggs he could hold in his huge hands). We played them that weekend and Fossie didn't let him near it.

 

[Chicago1]

Originally posted by Chops
Peter Foster - To say he was our 2nd best CHB behind Mr Football really sums it up.
Hard as nails, tough, gave Stewie Loewe bathes twice a year by leaning all over him. Dermie rated one of the best CHB he played on. Did well against Sticks but Sticks kept getting frees. I remember when he moved to CHF v Essendon and towelled up Terry Daniher in 1 quarter. The end was tragic, it didn't look like much, just a sweep of the leg. He tried to get up kick the ball but just collapsed. Plate placed in leg got infected and instead of missed 4-6, it got doubled. Played again but never got the speed or strength back. Was getting on a bit.

With Kennedy at FB, defence was not a worry. No offence to Epplestun, Ford, Zeno and a number of others but they were made to look very good.
We had no forward line but with Malthouse defence wasn't a problem.

You've summed up my own thoughts quite well, Chops! I loved watching Peter Foster give Stuart Loewe a bath almost every match. I remember one particular match at Moorabin when Stuart Loewe was killing everyone else at the time and Foster cut him to shreds! Foster and Kennedy were our "Dynamic Duo". They'll always be two of my favourites.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Peter Foster's fantastic "goal" at the Whitten Oval. I still remember sitting up in the Whitten Stand and having a great view of the angle. Wasn't even close! Seeing Foster go up to the goal umpire and try to shake his hand will always be etched in my memory. The cheers and laughter that went up from the Whitten Stand that afternoon are what is missing from the plastic confines of a place like Colonial. We were one and we were Bulldogs!

 

[jim440]

I worked with Fozzie in about '82.

He started out as a CHF with Fitzroy and they traded him to us for practically nothing as they thought he was a dud.

Fozzie was really soft when he started and went to a Rudi Webster type who sorted his head out big time.

When Dear broke Fozzies leg in '92, I have no doubt that incident cost Footscray a premiership. We had no problems with West Coast that year but couldn't cover both Brownless and Stoneham. With Fozzie to contend with, Brownless wouldn't have kicked 17 goals against us in 2 finals.

 

[bulldogs1]

The Doggies were a fantastic unit that year. Yes, a hard-at-it Foster would have been the difference.

Didn't Danny Delre kick eight in the losing final against Geelong? From memory we were up something like 30+ points just before half-time. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

Originally posted by jim440
When Dear broke Fozzies leg in '92, I have no doubt that incident cost Footscray a premiership.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Yep with Justin Charles starring in the ruck.


Fossie came at the start of '83 in a package deal with Chris Hansen. While we were negotiating with Fitzroy over Hansen Shane O'Sullivan asked if they had anyone who could fill a key defensive post and the 'Roys handed over Foster for $30,000.


He played for the Victorian side at both CHF and CHB.

 

[sigscotty]

Originally posted by bulldogs1
Didn't Danny Delre kick eight in the losing final against Geelong? From memory we were up something like 30+ points just before half-time.

With Scotty Wynd out too.

 

[W. W. Biscuit]

Or the sight of a Micheal Rolfe streaming downfield, pumping it down the throats of Con Gorizidis and Russell Shields

 

[LondonBulldog]

Don't quite know if we would have won a premiership that year with Fossie at centre half back as Barry Stanfield took over at CHB and had a good year.

Unfortunately we lost Wyndy for the prelim against Geelong therefore Bazza Stanfield had to ruck.

Fossie retired at the end of 1993 for memory.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Originally posted by LondonBulldog
Unfortunately we lost Wyndy for the prelim against Geelong therefore Bazza Stanfield had to ruck.

It was definitely Justin Charles that rucked in that game. Barry Stoneham took over just before half time and that was all she wrote Jack.