fullname heightweight death_date years clubs position statsend originalteam birth_date guernsey article_title name
peter -lrb- petar -rrb- ruscuklic 191 cm / 92 kg 1 may 2014 1975 ' -- 1976 1977 '' ` total -- '' fitzroy geelong full-forward 1977 macleod-rosanna 15 december 1955 fitzroy 13 , geelong 29 . peter ruscuklic
 peter ruscuklic
peter ruscuklic

peter ruscuklic -lrb- 15 december 1955 -- 1 may 2014 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played for fitzroy and geelong in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- during the 1970s .
although his two years at fitzroy were largely unsuccessful , ruscuklic memorably kicked a bag of six goals in just his second league game , against north melbourne at arden street .
he spent his last vfl season with geelong but could only manage four senior appearances .
ruscuklic , the younger brother of fellow footballer alex ruscuklic , later made a name for himself in the sydney football league .
playing for east sydney , ruscuklic at one stage kicked 505 goals in three seasons , with a sequence of 136 , 156 and 213 goals from 1979 to 1981 .
his tally of 213 goals remains a national record for a major australian rules football league season and included a 24 goal haul against st george as well as ten goals in the preliminary final .
ruscuklic also coached myrtleford in the ovens and murray football league he died suddenly on 1 may 2014 at the age of 58 .
