Peter Castrikum

Peter Castrikum
Personal information
Full name Peter Castrikum
Born (1943-02-25)25 February 1943
Bandung, Indonesia
Died 22 July 2015(2015-07-22) (aged 72)
Lismore, New South Wales
Original team Melton
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1965 Footscray 6 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Castrikum (25 February 1943 – 22 July 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He was born to Dutch parents in a Japanese Prisoner of War (POW) camp in Bandung, Indonesia and moved to Australia in 1954 with his family. He died in 2015 after being diagnosed with motor neuron disease.

Notes

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ↑ Johnson, M (14 May 2014). "He survived childhood in a POW camp, but he can't beat MND". The Northern Star. Retrieved 25 January 2025.