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Peter Hudson is arguably the greatest Australian rules football full-forward in the Victorian Football League's history.
VFL career
In a career beginning with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1967, he kicked 727 goals at an average of 5.59 a game.
Hudson won the Coleman Medal 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).
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.
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.
On the 25 August 1973 he returned from Tasmania to kick eight goals against Collingwood at VFL Park. He did not play another VFL game until lured back for the 1977 season where he ended up kicking 110 goals.
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 Prattâ??s record for most goals in a season with 150."
Post VFL
Hudson coached and played for Glenorchy 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 191 goals and winning the highest individual honour in the TFL, the William Leitch Medal. In the next season he again topped the goalkicking with 200 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.
Hudson is respected for his business acumen. Since retirement he has had a stint as the Chief Executive Officer of Hawthorn. Currently he is a senior executive of insurance giant MBF.
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