Vale Peter Schofield

[kangaroo7]

Passed away 13 January aged 93. He must have been one of the club's oldest surviving players until then.

After short stints with Richmond and Melbourne, he played three seasons with Moorabbin in the VFA as their full-forward. In 1957 he was cleared to North and played for four seasons before returning to Moorabbin for one more year. For most of his time at Arden Street he had to share the full-forward position with John Dugdale. Still he was North's leading goalkicker in 1959 with 47 goals. He played in North's two finals matches in 1958. He took a particular liking to South Melbourne, kicking 10 goals against them in a Night Series match in 1959, and 8 against them in Round 15 1960.

Club	Games (Goals)
Richmond	16 (25)
Melbourne	6 (14)
Moorabbin (VFA)	75 (312)
North Melbourne	50 (111)

 

[King Corey]

In 1957, Peter started at North Melbourne, winning Best First Year Player. He found a home at the club, citing that the club gave him time to prove himself. And prove himself he did, he was part of North’s finals run in 1958, in 1959 was awarded third place in the Coleman medal and held the record for most goals kicked in a night series game – 79 goals.

After retiring from North Melbourne, Peter turned to coaching. At 38-years-old, he became a ‘player-coach,’ taking out the premiership and scoring the most goals in the game.

Today, Peter is still in touch with North Melbourne and for his 91st birthday they brought him out onto the ground. The whole crowd sang ‘Happy Birthday’. Peter says this meant a lot to him.

https://www.regis.com.au/newsroom-peter-schofield/

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