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{{Infobox AFL biography
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Peter Hudson
| name = Peter Hudson
| image = F1575.HudsonMark.jpg
| image =
| caption = Peter Hudson taking a spectacular mark for the Hawthorn Football Club
| caption = Peter Hudson taking a [[spectacular mark]] for the Hawthorn Football Club
| fullname = Peter John Hudson <small>[[Order of Australia|AM]]</small>
| fullname = Peter John Hudson <small>[[Order of Australia|AM]]</small>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place = [[New Norfolk, Tasmania]]
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
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| debutopponent = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutopponent = [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| debutstadium = [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]
| debutstadium = [[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]
| height = 188&nbsp;cm<ref name=encyc>{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|338}}</ref>
| height = 188&nbsp;cm
| weight = 92&nbsp;kg<ref name=encyc />
| weight = 92&nbsp;kg
| position =
| position =
| statsend = 1981
| statsend = 1981
| years1 = 1963–66
| years1 = 1963–66
| club1 = [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]]
| club1 = [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]]
| games_goals1 = {{0}}78 (378)
| games_goals1 = {{0}}78 {{0}}(378)
| years2 = 1967–74; 1977
| years2 = 1967–74; 1977
| club2 = {{AFL Haw}}
| club2 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals2 = 129 (727)
| games_goals2 = 129 {{0}}(727)
| years3 = 1975–76; 1978–82
| years3 = 1975–76; 1978–82
| club3 = [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]]
| club3 = [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]]
| games_goals3 = {{0}}81 (582)
| games_goals3 = {{0}}81 {{0}}(616)
| games_goalstotal = 288 (1687)
| games_goalstotal = 288 (1721)
| sooteam1 = Tasmania
| sooteam1 = Tasmania
| soogames_goals1 = 19 (92)
| soogames_goals1 = 19 {{0}}(92)
| sooteam2 = Victoria
| sooteam2 = Victoria
| soogames_goals2 = 6 (43)
| soogames_goals2 = {{0}}6 {{0}}(43)
| sooteam3 = Tasmanian Football League
| sooteam3 = Tasmanian FL
| soogames_goals3 = 26 (153)
| soogames_goals3 = 26 (154)
| soogames_goalstotal = {{0}}51 (288)
| soogames_goalstotal = 51 (289)
| coachyears1 = 1975–76; 1981
| coachyears1 = 1975–76; 1981
| coachclub1 = [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]]
| coachclub1 = [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]]
| coachgames_wins1 = {{0}}63{{0}}(40–23–0)
| coachgames_wins1 = {{0}}63 (40–23–0)
| coachyears2 = 1986–87
| coachyears2 = 1986–87
| coachclub2 = [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]]
| coachclub2 = [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]]
| coachgames_wins2 = {{0}}39{{0}}(24–15–0)
| coachgames_wins2 = {{0}}39 (24–15–0)
| coachgames_winstotal = 102 (64–38–0)
| coachgames_winstotal = 102 (64–38–0)
| careerhighlights = * [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|VFL Premiership player]]: ([[1971 VFL Grand Final|1971]])
| careerhighlights = * [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|VFL Premiership player]]: [[1971 VFL Grand Final|1971]]
* 4× [[Coleman Medal]]: 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977
* [[List of Tasmanian Football League premierships|TANFL Premiership player]]: ([[1975 TANFL Grand Final|1975]])
* 4× [[Coleman Medal]]: (1968, 1970, 1971, 1977)
* 2× [[Peter Crimmins Medal|Hawthorn best and fairest]]: 1968, 1970
* 6× [[List of Hawthorn Football Club leading goalkickers|Hawthorn leading goalkicker]]: 1967–1971, 1977
* 2× [[Peter Crimmins Medal|J.J. Dennis Memorial Trophy]]: (1968, 1970)
* 2× [[All-Australian team]]: 1966, 1969
* 6× [[List of Hawthorn Football Club leading goalkickers|Hawthorn leading goalkicker]]: (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1977)
* [[List of Tasmanian Football League premierships|TANFL Premiership player]]: 1975
* 2× [[All-Australian team]]: (1966, 1969)
* 2× [[William Leitch Medal]]: (1978, 1979)
* 2× [[William Leitch Medal]]: 1978, 1979
* [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]] best and fairest: 1965
* [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]], inducted 1996, Legend status 1999
* [[Hawthorn Football Club#Team of the Century|Hawthorn Team of the Century]]
* 3× [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]] best and fairest: 1976, 1978, 1979
* 8× TFL leading goalkicker: 1963–1966, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
* 4× [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]] leading goalkicker: 1963–1966
* 4× [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]] leading goalkicker: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
* [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] – Legend status
* [[Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame]] Icon
* [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] Hall of Fame – Legend status
* [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] Team of the Century
* Tasmanian Team of the Century
* Tasmanian Team of the Century
* Most Ever Goals in VFL/AFL Season (1971)
}}
}}


'''Peter John Hudson''' <small>[[Order of Australia|AM]]</small> (born 19 February 1946) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Hawthorn Football Club]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) and for the [[New Norfolk Football Club]] and [[Glenorchy Football Club]] in the [[Tasmanian Australian National Football League]] (TANFL).
'''Peter John Hudson''' <small>[[Order of Australia|AM]]</small> (born 19 February 1946) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Hawthorn Football Club]] in the [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) and for the [[New Norfolk Football Club]] and [[Glenorchy Football Club]] in the [[Tasmanian Australian National Football League]] (TANFL).


A Legend in the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]], Hudson is considered one of the greatest [[full-forward]]s in the game's history. He holds the highest career goal-per-game average (5.64) in VFL/AFL history, and is only one of two VFL/AFL footballers (the other being {{AFL Ess}}' [[John Coleman]]) to average more than 5 goals per game. He equalled [[Bob Pratt]]'s VFL/AFL record of 150 goals in a season in [[1971 VFL season|1971]] and, after the AFL decided to retrospectively recognize the leading VFL goalkickers during the home-and-away season back to 1955, won the [[Coleman Medal]] four times.
A legend in the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]], Hudson is considered one of the greatest [[full-forward]]s in the game's history. He holds the highest career goal-per-game average (5.64) in VFL/AFL history, and he is only one of two VFL/AFL footballers (the other being {{AFL Ess}}'s [[John Coleman (Australian footballer)|John Coleman]]) to average more than 5 goals per game. He was the first VFL/AFL player to kick 100 or more goals in a season five times, equalled [[Bob Pratt]]'s VFL/AFL record of 150 goals in a season in [[1971 VFL season|1971]] and, after the AFL decided to retrospectively recognise the leading VFL goalkickers during the home-and-away season back to 1955, won the [[Coleman Medal]] four times.

Hudson was a superb reader of the play and knew how to use his body well in one-on-one contests. He had a safe pair of hands and although he was known for using the [[Punt (Australian football)|flat punt]] when kicking for goal, he was usually very accurate.


Over his career, he kicked 1,721 goals in 288 premiership games between 1963 and 1979, and 1981. His final match was in the 1981 [[Tasmanian Football League|TANFL]] Preliminary Final for Glenorchy, where Hudson, who had made a brief comeback with two rounds remaining due to Glenorchy having a string of injuries, kicked 30 goals in three matches, including six in his team's Preliminary Final loss to New Norfolk. Hudson was kept goalless just four times during his career in premiership matches by Richmond's [[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]] in Round 7 of 1969, Collingwood's [[Ian Cooper (Australian footballer born 1946)|Ian Cooper]] in Round 2 of 1974, Carlton's [[Rod Austin]] in Round 14 of 1977 and in the TANFL, Bruce Greenhill of [[Sandy Bay Football Club|Sandy Bay]] in 1978.
Over his career, he kicked 1,721 goals in 288 premiership games between 1963 and 1979, and 1981. His final match was in the 1981 [[Tasmanian Football League|TANFL]] Preliminary Final for Glenorchy, where Hudson, who had made a brief comeback with two rounds remaining due to Glenorchy having a string of injuries, kicked 30 goals in three matches, including six in his team's Preliminary Final loss to New Norfolk. Hudson was kept goalless just four times during his career in premiership matches by Richmond's [[Barry Richardson (Australian rules footballer)|Barry Richardson]] in Round 7 of 1969, Collingwood's [[Ian Cooper (Australian footballer born 1946)|Ian Cooper]] in Round 2 of 1974, Carlton's [[Rod Austin]] in Round 14 of 1977 and in the TANFL, Bruce Greenhill of [[Sandy Bay Football Club|Sandy Bay]] in 1978.
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If the Tasmanian competitions, representative and night series games are considered, Hudson played an overall total of 372 matches and kicked 2,191 goals – an average of 5.89 goals a game over his entire career – making him the highest goalkicker in elite Australian rules football history.
If the Tasmanian competitions, representative and night series games are considered, Hudson played an overall total of 372 matches and kicked 2,191 goals – an average of 5.89 goals a game over his entire career – making him the highest goalkicker in elite Australian rules football history.


Hudson also experienced success as a coach during and after his playing days, leading [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]] to a TANFL premiership as playing coach and later coaching [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]] to successive finals appearances. He also became a respected club administrator, serving as CEO at {{AFL StK}} and {{AFL Haw}} during the 1990s.
Hudson's ability to win the ball was hard to pinpoint. There were times he seemed to gain possession of the ball ever so quietly and with consistent, nonchalant ease, his tally of goals for the game would gradually climb. Among his armoury of skills, he seemed to have the ability to quietly sneak away from the opposition attendant full-back. Before the frustrated backman knew it, Hudson had taken a nice comfortable mark on his chest for a simple goal.

== Early life ==
Peter Hudson was born in 1946 in [[New Norfolk, Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/H/Peter%20Hudson.htm#:~:text=Peter%20Hudson&text=Peter%20John%20Hudson%20(b%201946,1967%20VFL%20debut%20with%20Hawthorn | title=Peter Hudson }}</ref>


== VFL career ==
== VFL career ==
In a Victorian Football League career beginning with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1967, he had to sit out the first game as he didn't meet the league's residential requirements. His first game he kicked four goals, he would later kick 727 goals at an average of 5.64 a game.
Hudson's arrival in the VFL came at a period when full-forwards were beginning to experience a resurgence, most notable being [[Doug Wade]] of {{AFL Gee}} and [[Peter McKenna]] of {{AFL Col}}. After sitting out the first game of [[1967 VFL season|1967]], as he didn't meet the league's residential requirements, Hudson's first game was against {{AFL Car}}. Lining up against rugged full-back [[Wes Lofts]], he managed to kick four goals.


In 1971, he equalled [[Bob Pratt]]'s [[List of VFL/AFL records|record]] of 150 goals in a season after kicking three goals in Hawthorn's winning [[1971 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] side. Hudson kicked into the man-on-the-mark Barry Lawrence ([[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]) in one of his attempts to break the record during the grand final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afls-150-greatest-moments-no73/story-e6frf9lx-1111116502629 |title=AFL's 150 greatest moments – No.73 |date=1 June 2008 |publisher=Sunday Herald Sun |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>
Hudson won the [[Coleman Medal]] for the League's leading goal kicker four times in his career: in 1968 (125 goals); 1970 (146); 1971 (150); and 1977 (110). He also became the first player to kick 100 goals in a VFL season five times (the other year he exceeded 100 goals being 1969 when he kicked 120, but did not win the Coleman).


In the first round of 1972, he seriously injured his knee just before half time. He had already kicked 8 goals and had just taken a mark within distance when he fell awkwardly. It was thought that his career had finished.<ref name=encyc>{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|338}}</ref>
In 1971 he equalled [[Bob Pratt]]'s [[List of VFL/AFL records|record]] of 150 goals in a season after kicking three goals in Hawthorn's winning [[1971 VFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] side. Hudson kicked into the man-on-the-mark Barry Lawrence ([[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]) in one of his attempts to break the record during the grand final.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afls-150-greatest-moments-no73/story-e6frf9lx-1111116502629 |title=AFL's 150 greatest moments – No.73 |date=1 June 2008 |publisher=Sunday Herald Sun |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>


On 25 August 1973 he returned from [[Tasmania]] to kick eight goals against Collingwood at [[VFL Park]]. After playing Rounds 1 and 2 in 1974, he again injured his knee and returned to Tasmania. Later that year, after hurting his knee playing netball, he decided to have knee surgery in the summer. He did not play another VFL game until lured back for the 1977 season, during which he kicked 110 goals for the season.<ref name="age2">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zgMQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5133,7252632&dq=peter-hudson+hawthorn&hl=en |title=Hawks – class of '76 |last=Beames |first=Percy |date=28 September 1976 |work=The Age |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun2">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/liberty-bell-has-a-hollow-ring/story-e6frf9lf-1111115906644 |title=Liberty Bell has a hollow ring |last=Ralph |first=Jon |date=28 March 2008 |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>
In the first round of 1972 he seriously injured his knee just before half time. He had already kicked 8 goals and had just taken a mark within distance when he fell awkwardly. It was thought that his career had finished.<ref name=encyc />

On 25 August 1973 he returned from [[Tasmania]] to kick eight goals against Collingwood at [[VFL Park]]. After playing Rounds 1 and 2 in 1974, he again injured his knee and returned to Tasmania. After hurting his knee playing netball later that year he decided to have knee surgery in the summer. He did not play another VFL game until lured back for the 1977 season when he ended up kicking 110 goals for the season.<ref name="age2">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zgMQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5133,7252632&dq=peter-hudson+hawthorn&hl=en |title=Hawks – class of '76 |last=Beames |first=Percy |date=28 September 1976 |work=The Age |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="heraldsun2">{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/liberty-bell-has-a-hollow-ring/story-e6frf9lf-1111115906644 |title=Liberty Bell has a hollow ring |last=Ralph |first=Jon |date=28 March 2008 |publisher=Herald Sun |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>


==VFL statistics==
==VFL statistics==
:<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_Hudson.html Peter Hudson's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>
:<ref>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_Hudson.html Peter Hudson's player profile at AFL Tables]</ref>
{{Australian rules football statistics legend (pre-1987)|p=y|s=y}}

{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{VFL player statistics start (pre-1987)}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| [[1967 VFL season|1967]] || | {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| style="background:#CFECEC; width:1em"|
| 17 || 57 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''55'''<sup>†</sup> || 179 || 29 || 208 || 90 || 3.4 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''3.2'''<sup>†</sup> || 10.5 || 1.7 || 12.2 || 5.3 || 3
| Led the league for the season only*
|-
|-
| [[1968 VFL season|1968]] || | {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| style="background:#b7e718; width:1em"|
| 19 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''125'''<sup>†</sup> || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''62'''<sup>†</sup> || 274 || 31 || 305 || 113 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''6.6'''<sup>†</sup> || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''3.3'''<sup>†</sup> || 14.4 || 1.6 || 16.1 || 5.9 || 16
| Led the league after finals only*
|-
|-
| [[1969 VFL season|1969]] || | {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| style="background:#DD6E81; width:1em"|
| 19 || 120 || 40 || 217 || 16 || 233 || 111 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''6.3'''<sup>†</sup> || 2.1 || 11.4 || 0.8 || 12.3 || 5.8 || 8
| Led the league after season and finals*
|}
{{AFL player statistics start}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1967 VFL season|1967]]
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 17 || 57 || bgcolor="b7e718" | '''55''' || 179 || 29 || 208 || 90 || {{n/a}} || 3.4 || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''3.2''' || 10.5 || 1.7 || 12.2 || 5.3 || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1968 VFL season|1968]]
| [[1970 VFL season|1970]] || {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| 22 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''146'''<sup>†</sup> || 44 || 282 || 19 || 301 || 140 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''6.6'''<sup>†</sup> || 2.0 || 12.8 || 0.9 || 13.7 || 6.4 || 14
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 19 || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''125''' || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''62''' || 274 || 31 || 305 || 113 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''6.6''' || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''3.3''' || 14.4 || 1.6 || 16.1 || 5.9 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1969 VFL season|1969]]
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 19 || 120 || 40 || 217 || 16 || 233 || 111 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''6.3''' || 2.1 || 11.4 || 0.8 || 12.3 || 5.8 || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
| bgcolor=F0E68C | '''[[1971 VFL season|1971]]'''<sup>#</sup> || {{AFL Haw}} || 26
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1970 VFL season|1970]]
| 24 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''150'''<sup>†</sup> || 72 || 346 || 41 || 387 || 180 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''6.3'''<sup>†</sup> || 3.0 || 14.4 || 1.7 || 16.1 || 7.5 || 18
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 22 || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''146''' || 44 || 282 || 19 || 301 || 140 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''6.6''' || 2.0 || 12.8 || 0.9 || 13.7 || 6.4 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | [[1971 VFL season|1971]]
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]
| 26 || 24 || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''150''' || 72 || 346 || 41 || 387 || 180 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''6.3''' || 3.0 || 14.4 || 1.7 || 16.1 || 7.5 || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1972 VFL season|1972]]
| [[1972 VFL season|1972]] || {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| 1 || 8 || 1 || 12 || 1 || 13 || 9 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 12.0 || 1.0 || 13.0 || 9.0 || 1
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 1 || 8 || 1 || 12 || 1 || 13 || 9 || {{n/a}} || 8.0 || 1.0 || 12.0 || 1.0 || 13.0 || 9.0 || {{n/a}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1973 VFL season|1973]]
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| 26 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 15 || 10 || {{n/a}} || 8.0 || 3.0 || 15.0 || 0.0 || 15.0 || 10.0 || {{n/a}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1974 VFL season|1974]]
| [[1973 VFL season|1973]] || {{AFL Haw}} || 26
| 1 || 8 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 15 || 10 || 8.0 || 3.0 || 15.0 || 0.0 || 15.0 || 10.0 || 2
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
|-
| 26 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 10 || 7 || 17 || 6 || {{n/a}} || 1.5 || 1.5 || 5.0 || 3.5 || 8.5 || 3.0 || {{n/a}}
| [[1974 VFL season|1974]] || {{AFL Haw}} || 26
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
| 2 || 3 || 3 || 10 || 7 || 17 || 6 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 5.0 || 3.5 || 8.5 || 3.0 || 0
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1977 VFL season|1977]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | {{AFL Haw}}
| [[1977 VFL season|1977]] || {{AFL Haw}} || 1
| 1 || 24 || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''110''' || 50 || 243 || 32 || 275 || 123 || {{n/a}} || bgcolor="DD6E81" | '''4.6''' || 2.3 || 10.1 || 1.3 || 11.5 || 5.1 || {{n/a}}
| 24 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''110'''<sup>†</sup> || 50 || 243 || 32 || 275 || 123 || bgcolor=CAE1FF | '''4.6'''<sup>†</sup> || 2.3 || 10.1 || 1.3 || 11.5 || 5.1 || 16
|- class="sortbottom"
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3 | Career
! colspan=3 | Career
! 129 !! 727 !! 330 !! 1578 !! 176 !! 1754 !! 782 !! 5.6 !! 2.6 !! 12.2 !! 1.4 !! 13.6 !! 6.1 !! 78
! 129
! 727
! 330
! 1578
! 176
! 1754
! 782
! {{n/a}}
! 5.6
! 2.6
! 12.2
! 1.4
! 13.6
! 6.1
! {{n/a}}
|}
|}


==Honours and achievements==
== Post VFL ==
'''Team'''
* [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|VFL Premiership player]] ({{AFL Haw}}): [[1971 VFL Grand Final|1971]]
* [[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|Minor premiership]] ({{AFL Haw}}): [[1971 VFL season|1971]]
* [[List of Tasmanian Football League premierships|TANFL Premiership player]] ([[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]]): [[1975 TANFL season#Grand Final|1975]]

'''Individual'''
* 4× [[Coleman Medal]]: [[1968 VFL season|1968]], [[1970 VFL season|1970]], [[1971 VFL season|1971]], [[1977 VFL season|1977]]
* 2× [[Peter Crimmins Medal|J.J. Dennis Memorial Trophy]]: [[1968 VFL season|1968]], [[1970 VFL season|1970]]
* 6× [[List of Hawthorn Football Club leading goalkickers|Hawthorn leading goalkicker]]: [[1967 VFL season|1967]], [[1968 VFL season|1968]], [[1969 VFL season|1969]], [[1970 VFL season|1970]], [[1971 VFL season|1971]], [[1977 VFL season|1977]]
* 2× [[All-Australian team]]: [[All-Australian team#1966|1966]], [[All-Australian team#1969|1969]]
* 2× [[William Leitch Medal]]: [[1978 TANFL season|1978]], [[1979 TANFL season|1979]]
* [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]] best and fairest: 1965
* 3× [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]] best and fairest: 1976, 1978, 1979
* 8× TFL leading goalkicker: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
* 4× [[New Norfolk District Football Club|New Norfolk]] leading goalkicker: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
* 4× [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy]] leading goalkicker: 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
* [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] – Legend status
* [[Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame]] Icon
* [[Hawthorn Football Club#Hall of Fame|Hawthorn Hall of Fame]] – Legend status
* [[Hawthorn Football Club#Team of the Century|Hawthorn Team of the Century]]
* Tasmanian Team of the Century
* [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] life member

== Post-VFL career ==
Hudson coached and played for Glenorchy Football Club in the TFL in 1975 and 1976, taking them to a premiership in his first year. Following his second return from the VFL, in 1978 he once again played for Glenorchy, kicking 153 goals and winning the highest individual honour in the TFL, the [[William Leitch Medal]]. In the next season he again topped the goalkicking with 179 goals, winning his second William Leitch medal. He retired as a player at the end of the season. He coached [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]] in the TFL in 1986–1987 for consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns.
Hudson coached and played for Glenorchy Football Club in the TFL in 1975 and 1976, taking them to a premiership in his first year. Following his second return from the VFL, in 1978 he once again played for Glenorchy, kicking 153 goals and winning the highest individual honour in the TFL, the [[William Leitch Medal]]. In the next season he again topped the goalkicking with 179 goals, winning his second William Leitch medal. He retired as a player at the end of the season. He coached [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart]] in the TFL in 1986–1987 for consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns.


In 1979, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] (AM) in the Australia Day Honours, for services to Australian football.<ref name="honour1">{{cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886410&search_type=quick&showInd=true |title=HUDSON, Peter John – AM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="honour2">{{cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=978152&search_type=quick&showInd=true |title=HUDSON, Peter John – ASM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="honour3">{{cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1122730&search_type=quick&showInd=true |title=HUDSON, Peter John – CM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>
In 1979, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] (AM) in the Australia Day Honours, for services to Australian football.<ref name="honour1">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886410 |title=HUDSON, Peter John – AM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="honour2">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/978152 |title=HUDSON, Peter John – ASM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="honour3">{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1122730 |title=HUDSON, Peter John – CM |work=It's an honour |publisher=Department of the Premier and Cabinet |access-date=25 January 2010}}</ref>


He was inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1996 and elevated to "Legend" status in 1999. His citation reads: "''A freakish full-forward who just kept accumulating goals. Made brilliant use of the body, was deadly accurate and had an amazing ability to read the play. Holds the best goals per game average (5.59) in VFL/AFL history and in 1971 matched Bob Pratt's record for most goals in a season with 150.''"<ref name="afl1">{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/legends/tabid/855/default.aspx |title=Legends |publisher=AFL |access-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917040457/http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/legends/tabid/855/default.aspx |archive-date=17 September 2009}}</ref>
He was inducted into the [[Australian Football Hall of Fame]] in 1996 and elevated to "Legend" status in 1999. His citation reads: "''A freakish full-forward who just kept accumulating goals. Made brilliant use of the body, was deadly accurate and had an amazing ability to read the play. Holds the best goals per game average (5.59) in VFL/AFL history and in 1971 matched Bob Pratt's record for most goals in a season with 150.''"<ref name="afl1">{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/legends/tabid/855/default.aspx |title=Legends |publisher=AFL |access-date=25 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917040457/http://www.afl.com.au/aflhq/awards/halloffame/legends/tabid/855/default.aspx |archive-date=17 September 2009}}</ref>
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Hudson was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/peter-hudson/|title=Peter Hudson|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
Hudson was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/peter-hudson/|title=Peter Hudson|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>


Hudson is depicted in a Tasmanian state guernsey taking a mark against South Australia in Jamie Cooper's painting ''the Game That Made Australia'', commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport<ref>Australian Football League, [http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972# The Game That Made Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419120046/http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972 |date=19 April 2013 }}, Retrieved 19 September 2010</ref>
Hudson is depicted in a Tasmanian state guernsey taking a mark against South Australia in [[Jamie Cooper]]'s painting ''The Game That Made Australia'', commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.<ref>Australian Football League, [http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972# The Game That Made Australia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419120046/http://www.150years.com.au/150Moments/150MomentsArticle/tabid/11382/Default.aspx?newsId=55972 |date=19 April 2013 }}, Retrieved 19 September 2010</ref>


In 2010, Hudson became the eleventh player to feature in a [[Toyota Memorable Moments]] advertisement with [[Stephen Curry (comedian)|Stephen Curry]] and [[Dave Lawson]], comically re-enacting his unsuccessful attempt to break Bob Pratt's goal-kicking record in the 1971 VFL Grand Final.<ref>Kelly Ryan, [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/flying-hawk-hero-peter-hudson-relives-his-glory-days-in-toyota-ad/story-e6frf7kx-1225905129082 Herald Sun] "Flying Hawk hero Peter Hudson relives his glory days in Toyota ad", 14 August 2010, Retrieved 4 September 2010.</ref>
In 2010, Hudson became the eleventh player to feature in a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement with [[Stephen Curry (comedian)|Stephen Curry]] and [[Dave Lawson]], comically re-enacting his unsuccessful attempt to break [[Bob Pratt]]'s season [[List of VFL/AFL records#Most goals in a game|goalkicking record]] in the [[1971 VFL grand final|1971 VFL Grand Final]].<ref>Kelly Ryan, [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/flying-hawk-hero-peter-hudson-relives-his-glory-days-in-toyota-ad/story-e6frf7kx-1225905129082 Herald Sun] "Flying Hawk hero Peter Hudson relives his glory days in Toyota ad", 14 August 2010, Retrieved 4 September 2010.</ref>


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==Family==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite book |last=Eddy |first=Dan |title=A Football Genius: The Peter Hudson Story. |date=2022 |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |isbn=9781743798232 |location=AUS |oclc=1303729897}}


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For other people named Peter Hudson, see Peter Hudson (disambiguation).

Peter Hudson
Personal information
Full name Peter John Hudson AM
Date of birth (1946-02-19) 19 February 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth New Norfolk, Tasmania
Debut Round 2, 22 April 1967, Hawthorn vs. Carlton, at Princes Park
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1963–66 New Norfolk 078 0(378)
1967–74; 1977 Hawthorn 129 0(727)
1975–76; 1978–82 Glenorchy 081 0(616)
Total 288 (1721)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Tasmania 19 0(92)
Victoria 06 0(43)
Tasmanian FL 26 (154)
Total 51 (289)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1975–76; 1981 Glenorchy 063 (40–23–0)
1986–87 Hobart 039 (24–15–0)
Total 102 (64–38–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1981.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL).

A legend in the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Hudson is considered one of the greatest full-forwards in the game's history. He holds the highest career goal-per-game average (5.64) in VFL/AFL history, and he is only one of two VFL/AFL footballers (the other being Essendon's John Coleman) to average more than 5 goals per game. He was the first VFL/AFL player to kick 100 or more goals in a season five times, equalled Bob Pratt's VFL/AFL record of 150 goals in a season in 1971 and, after the AFL decided to retrospectively recognise the leading VFL goalkickers during the home-and-away season back to 1955, won the Coleman Medal four times.

Hudson was a superb reader of the play and knew how to use his body well in one-on-one contests. He had a safe pair of hands and although he was known for using the flat punt when kicking for goal, he was usually very accurate.

Over his career, he kicked 1,721 goals in 288 premiership games between 1963 and 1979, and 1981. His final match was in the 1981 TANFL Preliminary Final for Glenorchy, where Hudson, who had made a brief comeback with two rounds remaining due to Glenorchy having a string of injuries, kicked 30 goals in three matches, including six in his team's Preliminary Final loss to New Norfolk. Hudson was kept goalless just four times during his career in premiership matches by Richmond's Barry Richardson in Round 7 of 1969, Collingwood's Ian Cooper in Round 2 of 1974, Carlton's Rod Austin in Round 14 of 1977 and in the TANFL, Bruce Greenhill of Sandy Bay in 1978.

Some sources list Hudson as playing 107 games and kicking 769 goals for Glenorchy for a TANFL total of 185 games and 1,147 goals, and a career total of 314 games and 1,875 goals. These discrepancies arise from the TANFL including goals scored in intrastate matches representing the TANFL in TANFL player's career statistics at that time, a ruling that was later rescinded.[1]

If the Tasmanian competitions, representative and night series games are considered, Hudson played an overall total of 372 matches and kicked 2,191 goals – an average of 5.89 goals a game over his entire career – making him the highest goalkicker in elite Australian rules football history.

Hudson also experienced success as a coach during and after his playing days, leading Glenorchy to a TANFL premiership as playing coach and later coaching Hobart to successive finals appearances. He also became a respected club administrator, serving as CEO at St Kilda and Hawthorn during the 1990s.

Early life

Peter Hudson was born in 1946 in New Norfolk, Tasmania.[2]

VFL career

Hudson's arrival in the VFL came at a period when full-forwards were beginning to experience a resurgence, most notable being Doug Wade of Geelong and Peter McKenna of Collingwood. After sitting out the first game of 1967, as he didn't meet the league's residential requirements, Hudson's first game was against Carlton. Lining up against rugged full-back Wes Lofts, he managed to kick four goals.

In 1971, he equalled Bob Pratt's record of 150 goals in a season after kicking three goals in Hawthorn's winning Grand Final side. Hudson kicked into the man-on-the-mark Barry Lawrence (St Kilda) in one of his attempts to break the record during the grand final.[3]

In the first round of 1972, he seriously injured his knee just before half time. He had already kicked 8 goals and had just taken a mark within distance when he fell awkwardly. It was thought that his career had finished.[4]

On 25 August 1973 he returned from Tasmania to kick eight goals against Collingwood at VFL Park. After playing Rounds 1 and 2 in 1974, he again injured his knee and returned to Tasmania. Later that year, after hurting his knee playing netball, he decided to have knee surgery in the summer. He did not play another VFL game until lured back for the 1977 season, during which he kicked 110 goals for the season.[5][6]

VFL statistics

[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
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  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
  †  
 Led the league for 
the season
VFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M G B K H D M
1967 Hawthorn 26 17 57 55† 179 29 208 90 3.4 3.2† 10.5 1.7 12.2 5.3 3
1968 Hawthorn 26 19 125† 62† 274 31 305 113 6.6† 3.3† 14.4 1.6 16.1 5.9 16
1969 Hawthorn 26 19 120 40 217 16 233 111 6.3† 2.1 11.4 0.8 12.3 5.8 8
1970 Hawthorn 26 22 146† 44 282 19 301 140 6.6† 2.0 12.8 0.9 13.7 6.4 14
1971# Hawthorn 26 24 150† 72 346 41 387 180 6.3† 3.0 14.4 1.7 16.1 7.5 18
1972 Hawthorn 26 1 8 1 12 1 13 9 8.0 1.0 12.0 1.0 13.0 9.0 1
1973 Hawthorn 26 1 8 3 15 0 15 10 8.0 3.0 15.0 0.0 15.0 10.0 2
1974 Hawthorn 26 2 3 3 10 7 17 6 1.5 1.5 5.0 3.5 8.5 3.0 0
1977 Hawthorn 1 24 110† 50 243 32 275 123 4.6† 2.3 10.1 1.3 11.5 5.1 16
Career 129 727 330 1578 176 1754 782 5.6 2.6 12.2 1.4 13.6 6.1 78

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

Post-VFL career

Hudson coached and played for Glenorchy Football Club in the TFL in 1975 and 1976, taking them to a premiership in his first year. Following his second return from the VFL, in 1978 he once again played for Glenorchy, kicking 153 goals and winning the highest individual honour in the TFL, the William Leitch Medal. In the next season he again topped the goalkicking with 179 goals, winning his second William Leitch medal. He retired as a player at the end of the season. He coached Hobart in the TFL in 1986–1987 for consecutive unsuccessful finals campaigns.

In 1979, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day Honours, for services to Australian football.[8][9][10]

He was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and elevated to "Legend" status in 1999. His citation reads: "A freakish full-forward who just kept accumulating goals. Made brilliant use of the body, was deadly accurate and had an amazing ability to read the play. Holds the best goals per game average (5.59) in VFL/AFL history and in 1971 matched Bob Pratt's record for most goals in a season with 150."[11]

Hudson is well respected for his business acumen. Since retirement he has had a stint as the Chief Executive Officer at Hawthorn and St Kilda. Currently he is a senior executive of insurance giant Bupa.

Hudson was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2001.[12]

Hudson is depicted in a Tasmanian state guernsey taking a mark against South Australia in Jamie Cooper's painting The Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.[13]

In 2010, Hudson became the eleventh player to feature in a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement with Stephen Curry and Dave Lawson, comically re-enacting his unsuccessful attempt to break Bob Pratt's season goalkicking record in the 1971 VFL Grand Final.[14]

Family

His son Paul also played for the Hawthorn Football Club, Western Bulldogs and Richmond Football Club, and nephew Simon Minton-Connell also played AFL football for the Carlton Football Club, Sydney Swans, Hawthorn Football Club and Western Bulldogs.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hudson the legend now a life member". The Age. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Peter Hudson".
  3. ^ "AFL's 150 greatest moments – No.73". Sunday Herald Sun. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 338. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
  5. ^ Beames, Percy (28 September 1976). "Hawks – class of '76". The Age. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. ^ Ralph, Jon (28 March 2008). "Liberty Bell has a hollow ring". Herald Sun. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ^ Peter Hudson's player profile at AFL Tables
  8. ^ "HUDSON, Peter John – AM". It's an honour. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  9. ^ "HUDSON, Peter John – ASM". It's an honour. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  10. ^ "HUDSON, Peter John – CM". It's an honour. Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  11. ^ "Legends". AFL. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  12. ^ "Peter Hudson". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ^ Australian Football League, The Game That Made Australia Archived 19 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 19 September 2010
  14. ^ Kelly Ryan, Herald Sun "Flying Hawk hero Peter Hudson relives his glory days in Toyota ad", 14 August 2010, Retrieved 4 September 2010.

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