In the third quarter of the interstate match between Victoria and South Australia in Adelaide on 7 July 1963, playing in the ruck, Peck knocked Norwood's Brian Sawley[3] unconscious.
A South Australian Tribunal found Peck guilty of striking, but left the penalty to be determined by the VFL[4] — displaying controversial leniency, the VFL only suspended Peck for two weeks.
[8] Most notably during his time at Port Melbourne, Peck was reported for abusing and disputing the decisions of field umpire David Jackson in the second quarter of the controversial 1967 VFA Grand Final; the incident prompted captain-coach Brian Buckley to lead the Port Melbourne team off the ground (a forfeiture was averted when club officials instructed the players to return to the field), and Peck was suspended for six matches for the incident.
[9] Hawthorn Individual Peck died suddenly on 2 February 1993 from a heart attack at the age of 55.
His death was received with great sadness within the footy community, and he was buried at the Euroa Public Cemetery.