Peter Castrikum

Peter Castrikum
Personal information
Full name	Peter Castrikum
Date of birth	(1943-02-25)25 February 1943
Place of birth	Bandung, Indonesia
Date of death	22 July 2015(2015-07-22) (aged 72)
Place of death	Lismore, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Melton
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career^1
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). [1]

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.[2]

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.

External links

• Peter Castrikum's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Peter Castrikum at AustralianFootball.com