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- Hawthorn's Peter Hudson takes a shot at goal. Picture: AFL Photos The next part of the legend is why there is no footage of Hudson arriving at the game - his helicopter didn't land on Waverley Park, but at the nearby Police Academy. "I went all right. I kicked eight goals, but I reckon five of them came from flukes," Hudson said.
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May 9, 2023 · Hawthorn's Peter Hudson takes a shot at goal. Picture: AFL Photos. The next part of the legend is why there is no footage of Hudson arriving at the game - his helicopter didn't land on Waverley Park, but at the nearby Police Academy. "I went all right. I kicked eight goals, but I reckon five of them came from flukes," Hudson said.
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 in one of his attempts to break the record during the grand final. In the first round of 1972, he seriously injured his knee just before half time.
Hawthorn’s strategy of leaving a third of the ground open for him to be left one-out against the full-back worked brilliantly, and Peter kicked bag after bag of goals, including an amazing 16.1 against Melbourne in 1969 -his best ever effort in a single VFL game (he once kicked 18.2 in a Tasmanian senior game).
May 6, 2021 · Hudson’s strength was his freakish ability to read the play. His biggest tally in the VFL was 16 goals, but he is perhaps remembered more for his heroic efforts against Collingwood in 1973. Despite being rushed back from injury, and arriving at the ground in a helicopter, he kicked an impressive eight goals for the match.
May 9, 2023 · Hudson's eight-goal Hawks helicopter haul recalled. by Roger Vaughan , 5 months ago. 3 minute read. It is 50 years since Hawthorn goalkicking machine Peter Hudson arrived at Waverley in a helicopter to play in a crucial match.
