The son of Alfred Lionel Dalwood (1897-1991),[2] and Lillian Jane Dalwood (1897-1984), née Anstey-Harris, Peter Anstey Dalwood was born at Toorak Gardens, South Australia on 17 June 1922.[3]
He married Iris May Bell (1924-) in Adelaide on 19 January 1946.[4]
Education
He was educated at Adelaide's Prince Alfred College; and, while there, he excelled as a schoolboy cricketer,[5] hurdler and track-and-field athlete,[6][7] and footballer.[8]
Dalwood, in his fourth VFL game, kicked seven goals to help Fitzroy defeat Collingwood. It was the highlight of his brief stint in the league.
In 1946 he returned to Norwood, with whom he kicked 70 goals for the year to top the SANFL goal-kicking. A key forward and ruckman, he was the leading goal-kicker at Norwood on a further two occasions. He was a six time South Australian interstate representative, for a return of 13 goals.
Under captain-coach Jack Oatey, Dalwood appeared in Norwood's 1946, 1948 and 1950 premiership teams. He kicked five goals in the 1946 Grand Final win over Port Adelaide.
Death
He died in South Australia on 22 May 2000.[13][14]
