Peter Hughes
Hawthorn
AFL career
16 games1 goals
- Debut
- R9 1953 v ESS20 June 1953
- Most recent
- R18 1954 v FSC28 Aug 1954
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Wangaratta in the Ovens and Murray Football League, Peter Hughes was a promising talent who made an immediate impact at Glenferrie Oval during the early 1950s. Standing 183cm—a significant height for the era—he possessed the physical attributes to hold down a key position and quickly adapted to the tempo of VFL football. His debut season was highly impressive, seeing him jointly awarded Hawthorn’s Best First Year Player in 1953 alongside Alf Hughes. Despite this breakout start and evident potential, Hughes’ league career was cut short by his professional ambitions rather than on-field performance. After just two seasons and 16 games, he retired from the VFL to prioritize his work as a civil engineer, returning to the country to take up a role as the Assistant Borough Engineer in Wangaratta, where he continued to feature as a premiership player and coach in regional football.
Profile
- Born
- 17 June 1934
- Died
- 27 Nov 2020 (aged 86y 163d)
- Deathplace
- Parkinson, QLD
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Wangaratta in the Ovens and Murray Football League, Peter Hughes was a promising talent who made an immediate impact at Glenferrie Oval during the early 1950s. Standing 183cm—a significant height for the era—he possessed the physical attributes to hold down a key position and quickly adapted to the tempo of VFL football. His debut season was highly impressive, seeing him jointly awarded Hawthorn’s Best First Year Player in 1953 alongside Alf Hughes. Despite this breakout start and evident potential, Hughes’ league career was cut short by his professional ambitions rather than on-field performance. After just two seasons and 16 games, he retired from the VFL to prioritize his work as a civil engineer, returning to the country to take up a role as the Assistant Borough Engineer in Wangaratta, where he continued to feature as a premiership player and coach in regional football.