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Peter Charles Banfield (born 21 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s, and with in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the early 1990s. ==Playing career== Banfield was recruited from North Ringwood made his way into the Essendon team having played under-19s football at the club. He participated in the Essendon reserves 1983 premiership and after being unable to establish himself in the seniors, won a PIE Best & Fairest in 1986. When he did make it into the VFL side, 11 times in total, Essendon won all their games. Brisbane picked up Banfield for their first ever VFL season in 1987 and he took part in their inaugural appearance in Round 1 starting in the back pocket. He only missed two games that year collecting a career best 197 kicks, 93 handballs and kicking 9 goals. After three seasons in Brisbane where he played a total of 45 games, Banfield played league football in his third state, South Australia, by joining West Adelaide. Banfield played 95 games with the club over four years and won their Best & Fairest award in 1991. In 1991 Banfield's form was a contributing factor in West's late season form change which saw them win 9 of their last 11 minor round games to surge into the finals. This form continued into the finals but was halted in the Grand Final against North Adelaide. Banfield contributed to be a major contributor for West Adelaide under the coaching of Neil Kerley in 1992 and 1993, but he team failed to recapture their late 1991 form and finished a disappointing 6th and 8th in both seasons. Following the 1993 SANFL season, Peter Banfield retired from league football having played a total of 56 VFL games for Essendon and Brisbane from 1984–89 and 95 SANFL games for West Adelaide from 1990-93. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Banfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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