Peter Aitken
Carlton
AFL career
11 games7 goals
- Debut
- R1 1955 v NTH16 Apr 1955
- Most recent
- R17 1955 v SME13 Aug 1955
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Kyabram in the Goulburn Valley, Peter Aitken was a diminutive rover and forward who played a single season for Carlton in the mid-1950s. Standing at just 175cm and with a slight frame, he relied on his pace and goal sense to compete against bigger bodies in the VFL. Aitken managed to string together 11 senior appearances during the 1955 season, chipping in with seven goals as he rotated through the forward line and on the ball. Despite showing he could find the goals at the top level, his career at Princes Park was confined to that solitary year, and he departed the VFL scene almost as quickly as he had arrived.
Profile
- Born
- 11 Nov 1934
- Died
- 04 Dec 2025 (aged 91y 23d)
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 63 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Kyabram in the Goulburn Valley, Peter Aitken was a diminutive rover and forward who played a single season for Carlton in the mid-1950s. Standing at just 175cm and with a slight frame, he relied on his pace and goal sense to compete against bigger bodies in the VFL. Aitken managed to string together 11 senior appearances during the 1955 season, chipping in with seven goals as he rotated through the forward line and on the ball. Despite showing he could find the goals at the top level, his career at Princes Park was confined to that solitary year, and he departed the VFL scene almost as quickly as he had arrived.