Peter Obst

Peter Obst
Personal information
Full name Peter Obst
Place of birth South Australia
Position(s) Half forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1955–1964
1965–1967
1968–1969
Total		 Port Adelaide
Woodville
Port Adelaide		 ~150
51
~21
222
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
South Australia 4
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1965–1967 Woodville 51
Career highlights

Peter Obst is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). During his time at Port Adelaide he was a member of the club's record six premierships in a row, winning the club's best and fairest in the fifth premiership year during 1962.[1] He left Port Adelaide in 1965 to take up a coaching offer at Woodville where he stayed for three years, winning that club's leading goal-kicker award in 1967. He returned to Port Adelaide for the last two years of his playing career.

Post-playing he worked as a football commentator for the ABC.

His father Ken Obst, brother Trevor Obst and son Andrew Obst were also accomplished footballers.

References

  1. ↑ http://australianfootball.com/players/player/peter+obst/637

External links

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