Peter Foster (born 2 June 1960) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who represented and in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

. Foster had played just four games with Footscray when in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

, after a heavy loss to , coach

Mick Malthouse Michael Raymond Malthouse (born 17 August 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After finishing his playing career, ...

decided to try him at centre half-back for the match against . He became a mainstay in that position for the rest of his career. Foster finished equal 5th in the 1988 Brownlow Medal and won Footscray's best and fairest award in 1990. His son, Jayden Foster, was selected by Carlton in the 2014 AFL Draft, coincidentally by his father's old coach Mick Malthouse.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Peter 1960 births Living people Western Bulldogs players Fitzroy Football Club players Victorian State of Origin players Charles Sutton Medal winners Coragulac Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Colac, Victoria Australia international rules football team players