Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Peter Darley Full name Peter Darley Date of birth 1944 Original team(s) Prince Alfred College Position(s) Ruckman Years Club Games (Goals) 1962–74 South Adelaide 206 (123) Years Team Games (Goals) South Australia 13 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1974.
South Adelaide premiership 1964 South Adelaide captain 1967–1969, 1971 South Adelaide best and fairest 1963–64, 1966–68, 1972–73 South Adelaide leading goalkicker 1974 All-Australian 1969 South Australia captain 1968, 1970 Source: AustralianFootball.com
Peter Darley (born 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. He is a member of the first ruck in the club's official Team of the Century called the 'Greatest Team'.
Peter Darley, who was a ruckman, played in South Adelaide's 1964 premiership side. In the subsequent years South Adelaide struggled but Darley went on to win a record seven best and fairest awards for the club. His awards came in 1963, 1964, 1966 to 1968 and 1972 to 1973. He came close to winning the League best and fairest, the Magarey Medal , on two occasions; the first was in 1964 when he was runner-up, and the second came in 1968 when he tied with Barrie Robran on 22 votes but was ineligible due to a suspension earlier in the season for abusing an umpire.[1]
From 1967 to 1969 he was captain-coach while in 1971 he captained the club but did not coach. He also topped South Adelaide's goalkicking once, with 44 goals in his final season.
He represented South Australia in 13 interstate game over the course of his career including as captain in 1968 and 1970. In 1969 he was chosen in the All-Australian team for his efforts at the Adelaide Carnival .
After retiring from football, Darley went into hospitality business. He spent the next 20 years buying, building up and selling pubs.[2] While the business was good financially, it took a toll on his health, and soon after changing careers he gave up alcohol.[2] In 2002 Darley was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame .
References [ edit ] Bibliography [ edit ] Atkinson, Graeme; Hanlon, Michael (1989). The 3AW Book of Footy Records . South Melbourne: Matchbooks. ISBN 1-86321-009-1 . External links [ edit ]
Full-forward Half-forward Centre Gerald O'Brien Lindsay Backman Bryan Ploenges Half-back Full-back Tony Shaw Graham Durbridge Graham Christie Ruck Interchange Peter Judd Brian Thredgold Coach
Best and Fairest Knuckey Cup 1923: Moriarty 1924: Ryan 1925: Oliver 1926: Oliver 1927: W. Jackson 1928: Ryan 1929: Tully 1930: Tully 1931: Jaffer 1932: Rose 1933: Tully 1934: Cockburn 1935: Tully 1936: Mulcahy & Dawes 1937: Dawes 1938: Cahill 1939: Cahill 1940: Murdy 1941: Cockburn 1945: Doherty 1946: Brown 1947: Hickinbotham 1948: Deane 1949: Deane 1950: Linke 1951: Deane 1952: Linke 1953: Deane 1954: Linke 1955: Polden 1956: Deane 1957: Deane 1958: Christie 1959: R. Jackson 1960: Panizza 1961: Kantilla 1962: Kantilla 1963: Darley 1964: Darley 1965: Schmidt 1966: Darley 1967: Darley 1968: Darley 1969: Coombe 1970: Backman 1971: Haines 1972: Darley 1973: Darley 1974: Young 1975: Keddie 1976: Hateley 1977: Baynes 1978: Baynes 1979: Baynes 1980: Butler 1981: Hawkins 1982: White 1983: Hawkins 1984: Naley 1985: Kappler 1986: Troy 1987: Kappler 1988: Kappler 1989: Whitford 1990: Trevena 1991: Kappler 1992: Grummet 1993: Dillon 1994: Whittman 1995: Polkinghorne 1996: Osborn 1997: Polkinghorne 1998: Talbot 1999: Cobb 2000: Tallbot 2001: Morgan 2002: Sampson 2003: Hall 2004: King 2005: Davis 2006: Archard 2007: McGlone 2008: Boyd 2009: Sandery 2010: Liddle 2011: Cross 2012: Liddle 2013: Liddle 2014: Brooksby 2015: Cross 2016: Cross & Seccull 2017: Liddle 2018: Liddle 2019: Cross 2020: Broadbent 2021: Gibbs Women's Best & Fairest
1876–1878: G. Kennedy 1879: S.A. Wallace 1880–1884: A. Mehrtens 1885–1887: J. Hall 1888–1898: J. Reedman 1899: A.E. Tomlin 1900: S. Reedman 1901: H. Kruss 1902–1904: S. Reedman 1905: J. Hansen 1906: A. Morton 1907: J.B. Windsor 1908: F. O'Brien 1909: D. McDougall 1910–1915: J.J. Tredrea 1919–1922: S.N. McKee 1923–1924: A. Caust 1925: D. Moriarty 1926–1927: W. Oliver 1928: H. Lingwood Smith 1929: W. Oliver 1930–1931: S.R. Jaffer 1932: B. McGregor 1933: S.R. Jaffer 1934: C.R. Rose 1935–1936: F. Tully 1937: W.J. Mackay 1938–1944: J.P. Dawes 1945: C.E. Haines 1946: J. Templeton 1947: L.W. Cahill 1948: D.A. Pryor 1949–1950: L.E. Lapthorne 1951–1953: J.G. Deane 1954: A.D. Hickinbotham 1955–1956: R.M. Hewitt 1957: J.G. Deane 1958–1959: R.A.N. Reimann 1960: D.I. Panizza 1961–1962: G. Christie 1963: I. Day / P.M. Darley 1964–1966: N. Kerley 1967–1969: P.M. Darley 1970: L. Backman 1971: P.M. Darley 1972–1973: D. Darcy 1974–1976: R. Keddie 1977: G. Robbins 1978–1981: G. Baynes 1982–1984: S. Palmer 1985–1987: J. Schneebichler 1988–1989: S. Butler 1990–1992: M. Bennett 1993: D. Kappler 1994–1995: D. Trevena 1996–1997: D. Stoeckel 1998–2000: A. Osborn 2000–2001: K. Koster 2003–2007: C. Sampson 2008–2009: J. Torney 2010: B. Warren 2011–2012: N. Murphy 2013: J. Thewlis 2014: J. Thewlis / N. Murphy 2015–2017: B. Crabb 2018: J. Cross / K. Brooksby 2019: J. Cross / M. Rose