Peter Box played for the Goodwood club in the 1950s. He represented the South Australian State Team from 1953-57 and again in 1959. He was on the Australian National Team in 1956, 1957, and 1959, and played in the Australian Olympic demonstration game. Box was better known as an Aussie Rules footballer, who played centre half-forward for Footscray during much of the 1950s. Box played for the Western Bulldogs, appearing in 107 games from 1951-57, missing the 1952 season after a serious motorcycle accident. In 1954 he helped Footscray defeat Melbourne in the Grand Final to win its first ever Victorian Football League title. In 1956 Box became the club’s third Brownlow Medallist, making him the only Bulldogs player to win a Brownlow and play in a premiership. He was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne.
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