Peter Burgoyne
Overview
Australian rules football
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er with Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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. He played primarily in midfield and on the half back flank.
Burgoyne is of Indigenous Australian descent with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Kokatha (Nunga
Nunga
Nunga is a term of self-reference for many of the Aboriginal peoples of southern South Australia.-Other names used by Australian Aboriginal people:There are a number of names from Aboriginal languages commonly used to identify groups based on geography:...
) in South Australia
South Australia
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. He grew up in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
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and began playing football with St Marys
St Marys Football Club
The St Marys Football Club, nicknamed, Saints, formed in 1952 is a member club of the Northern Territory Football League. It is famous for its record of success, with 28 NTFL premierships and 55 out of 57 possible final appearances....
in the NTFL
Northern Territory Football League
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. He is the elder brother of current Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
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and former Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
player, Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Burgoyne
Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
and is the son of former Port Adelaide player Peter Burgoyne, Snr.
Beginning his AFL
Australian Football League
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career with the inaugural Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
side to enter the AFL, Burgoyne became well regarded for his performance as an attacking midfielder.
