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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 .
Atkinson, Graeme; Hanlon, Michael (1989). The 3AW Book of Footy Records . South Melbourne: Matchbooks. ISBN 1-86321-009-1 .
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