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Full name
Peter Pianto
Known as
Peter Pianto
Born
25 November 1929
Died
18 February 2008 (aged 78)
Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 21y 189d
Last game: 27y 272d
Height and weight
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Senior clubs
Geelong; Claremont
Jumper numbers
Geelong: 6
Club | League | Career span | Games | Goals | Avg | Win % | AKI | AHB | AMK | BV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geelong | V/AFL | 1951-1957 | 121 | 144 | 1.19 | 70% | 25.00 | — | 2.67 | 78 |
Claremont | WANFL | 1961-1963 | 43 | 36 | 0.84 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 1951-1957, 1961-1963 | 164 | 180 | 1.10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pre 1965 stats are for selected matches only
AFL: 6,122nd player to appear, 1,878th most games played, 686th most goals kickedGeelong: 550th player to appear, 123rd most games played, 56th most goals kicked
One of the finest rovers of the 1950s, Peter Pianto stepped straight into Geelong's senior side from Bendigo League team Eaglehawk. Combining with Neil Trezise he gave the Cats the greatest roving combination in the league. Pacy, slick, clever and courageous, he was a four quarter player who used the ball impeccably. His 121 VFL games between 1951 and 1957 included the winning Grand Finals of 1951 and 1952, and he represented the VFL in the interstate arena nine times, winning All Australian selection after the 1956 Perth carnival.
Geelong's best and fairest player in 1953, he spent the period from 1958 to 1960 as captain coach of Polwarth Football League side Coragulac. In 1961 he returned to league football as captain-coach of Claremont where, in three seasons at the helm, he oversaw sixth, seventh and eighth place finishes and added 43 senior games to his tally. From 1966 to 1970 he returned to Geelong as non-playing coach; he got his side into the finals in all bar his last season, but the 1967 losing Grand Final against Richmond was the closest he came to masterminding a premiership.
Author - John Devaney