Peake played 296 premiership games for the Blue and Whites, and holds the record for six club Best and Fairests; after being controversially sacked with full support of the board by the Sharks three rounds into 1990,[3] he moved on to Perth when no other WASFL club was interested in him.
[5] Peake transferred to Victorian Football League club Geelong midseason in 1981.
Amidst much hype he was flown to Kardinia Park by helicopter for training where a crowd of 3000 fans awaited his arrival.
[6] Widely regarded as one of the most in-form players in the country at the time, Peake was paid $1,000 a game (high by 1980s standards).
If these matches are included, then Peake played a total of 404 senior career games, becoming the second West Australian behind Barry Cable to reach 400 senior career games, and equalling Cable's record for most career senior games played by any elite Australian rules football player born in Western Australia.