Peter O'Sullivan (Australian footballer)

Peter Daniel O'Sullivan (22 May 1932 – 23 September 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s.[1]

Peter O'Sullivan
Personal information
Full name Peter Daniel O'Sullivan
Date of birth (1932-05-22)22 May 1932
Date of death 23 September 1972(1972-09-23) (aged 40)
Place of death near Ouyen, Victoria
Original team(s) Ascot Youth Centre
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Position(s) Half forward/Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1952–1955 Essendon 47 0(1)
1956–1958 North Melbourne 24 0(7)
1959 Coburg (VFA) 16 (24)
1962 Sorrento 16 0(0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

O'Sullivan, who was a good performer for Ascot Youth Centre in the Essendon District League before joining the VFL, played his football on the wing and as a half-forward flanker.[2]

After making 12 appearances in his debut season with Essendon, O'Sullivan played 19 games in 1953, including a semi final.

Over the next two seasons O'Sullivan found in more difficult to establish a place for himself in the side.

In 1956 joined Charlie Gaudion's North Melbourne. He spent three years at North Melbourne, including the 1957 season in the reserves when North Melbourne 14.13 (97) defeated Fitzroy 13.15 (93) in the grand final—O'Sullivan, who kicked 4 goals, was best on the ground.[3]

He finished his career in the Victorian Football Association at Coburg.[4] In 1962 O'Sullivan coached Sorrento in the Mornington Peninsula Football League.

Death

At the age of 40, O'Sullivan, a passenger, was killed in a car accident on the Calder Highway, south of Ouyen, on 23 September 1972.[5][6][7]

Notes
  1. Peter O'Sullivan -- Games Played: afltables.com.
  2. "Essendon Football Club – Team Players – Peter O'Sullivan". Essendonfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. Last Quarter Bid Lands Win for North, The Age, (Monday, 23 September 1957), p.16.
  4. "Peter O'Sullivan". The VFA Project.
  5. "Highway claims 4 of 10 victims". The Age. 25 September 1972. p. 3. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  7. Deaths: O'Sullivan, The Age, (Monday, 25 September 1972), p.15.

References
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
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