Full name James Alexander Peak Height/Weight 166 cm / 65 kg Date of birth 11 November 1916 Name Alec Peak | Died November 8, 1997 Original team(s) Canterbury | |
Date of death 8 November 1997(1997-11-08) (aged 80) | ||
Place of birth Armadale, Victoria | ||
James Alexander "Alec" Peak (11 November 1916 – 8 November 1997) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Peak was the first St Kilda player to win a Gardiner Medal, taking home the seconds best and fairest award in 1937. He was rewarded with senior selection in 1938 but wasn't retained by St Kilda for the 1939 VFL season.
He later served St Kilda as a committeeman. As a selector, he helped build the team which could break the club's premiership drought in 1966.
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