Australian Football

Peter Dalwood was a powerful if ostensibly cumbersome giant who, predictably, was well nigh unbeatable in the air, but tended to struggle on occasion at ground level. He was also a superb exponent of the drop kick, which he favoured. Principally used as a ruckman, he could also hold down a key forward position, and indeed was the Redlegs's leading goal kicker on three occasions, with a league ladder-topping 70 goals in 1946 his best tally. Dalwood's senior SANFL career consisted of 147 games between 1945 and 1954. He was a member of Norwood premiership teams in 1946, 1948 and 1950. In the 1946 Grand Final against Port Adelaide he booted five of the Redlegs's 13 goals to be close to best afield. He was also listed high among the best players after the five-goal Grand Final loss to West Adelaide in 1947. Peter Dalwood represented South Australia in the interstate arena half a dozen times, kicking 13 goals. While serving in the armed forces, Dalwood had a brief seven-game stint with Fitzroy in 1945, kicking seven goals against Collingwood in round eight of that season.

Author - John Devaney, with updates by Andrew Gigacz