Peter Cransberg is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

Cransberg was picked up by Essendon from East Perth

East Perth Football Club

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 with pick 39 in the 1989 VFL Draft

1989 VFL Draft

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. He played on a half forward flank in the 1990 Grand Final

1990 AFL Grand Final

The 1990 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and the Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 6 October 1990. It was the 94th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...

 but finished on the losing team. Cransberg struggled at times to keep his place in the strong Essendon side, often due to injury, and spent much of his career in the reserves. He did manage to play in a couple of Essendon Night Premierships.

His brother, Alan Cransberg

Alan Cransberg

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, is the current chairman of the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

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.