McKenna was the second of five children to Winnie and Kevin
McKenna. He grew up supporting Essendon and played soccer until he was 13.
Recruited from West Heidelberg, McKenna credited Collingwood coach Bob Rose for
patiently helping to shape him into the champion footballer he was to become.]
In the opening round of the 1966 VFL season against Hawthorn at Victoria Park,
McKenna gave a glimpse of what was to come when he kicked 12 goals in a
match-winning effort, the first of thirteen occasions when he would kick ten or
more goals in a game. However, McKenna's form dropped away and after being held
goalless against North Melbourne in Round 6, he was dropped for the remainder
of the season. McKenna topped the Magpies' goal kicking list for the first of
eight consecutive times in 1967, booting 47 goals. Over the ensuing seasons he
gradually improved, kicking 97 goals in 1969, before amassing an incredible
tally of 143 the following year. What was even more incredible was that it was
not sufficient to top the VFL's goal kicking list; Hawthorn's Peter Hudson kicked
146 goals, adding a record-equaling 150 goals in 1971 compared to McKenna's
'modest' tally of 134. From the start of the 1968 VFL season to Round 3, 1974,
McKenna kicked at least one goal in 120 consecutive games, still a competition
record. But he did record two single
when not playing football, on post # 470 you’ll find Peter’s first single for
Fable Records and this one is from 1971 penned and produced by Johnny Young for
Festival “Smile All the While” b/w “It Takes Time” (FK4383). Altogether, McKenna's VFL record of 874 goals
from 191 games was enough to place him as the league's fourth-highest goal
kicker at the time of his retirement, behind only Gordon Coventry, Doug Wade
and Jack Titus. At the start of the 2014 AFL season he sits ninth all-time. His
full senior and representative career yielded 1213 goals. mp3
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