Herman Peters Explained

Herman Peters
Birth Date:18 April 1899
Birth Place:North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia
Club1:North Sydney
Year1start:1917
Year1end:25
Appearances1:101
Tries1:62
Goals1:2
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:190
Teama:Australia
Yearastart:1921
Yearaend:22
Appearancesa:0
Triesa:0
Goalsa:0
Fieldgoalsa:0
Pointsa:0
Teamb:New South Wales
Yearbstart:1921
Yearbend:23
Appearancesb:2
Triesb:1
Goalsb:0
Fieldgoalsb:0
Pointsb:3
Teamc:Metropolis
Yearcstart:1919
Yearcend:23
Appearancesc:3
Triesc:7
Goalsc:0
Fieldgoalsc:0
Pointsc:21
Retired:yes
Coachteam1:North Sydney
Coachyear1start:1934
Coachgames1:14
Coachwins1:5
Coachdraws1:0
Coachlosses1:9
Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20080823154225/http://203.166.101.37/NRL08/playerindex.asp & http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/history/legends/peters.htm

Herman Peters (1899–1989) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s.[1] He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.[2] An international representative, he played his club football with North Sydney in the NSWRFL premiership and won two premierships with the club.[3]

Playing career

Peters played eight games of the 1921 NSWRFL season in which the North Sydney team won the premiership without having to play a final. As part of Norths' champion backline, he gained selection on the 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain,[4] along with clubmates, Blinkhorn, Rule, Horder, Ives and Thompson. He went on to play in the 1922 NSWRFL season's Premiership Final for Norths, scoring a try to help them claim consecutive premierships. In the 1923 NSWRFL season, Peters was the premiership season's top try-scorer. He scored 16 tries in 18 games.[5] [6]

Post playing

Peters coached North Sydney in the 1934 NSWRFL season. He later went on to be a National Selector for the ARL. He was known as "The Grand Old Man" of the North Sydney Bears club and was a staunch supporter right up to his death in 1989.[7] Before his death in 1989, Peters was quoted as saying "Hoping for Norths to win another one has kept me going I've watched them all the years since 1922, and I want to be there on the day it happens".[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Herman-Peters_6574.aspx Herman Peters
  2. Pupil Number 61 on NSBHS School Roll. Entered February 1915 under name Hermann Peters
  3. http://www.nrlstats.com/archive/players.cfm?PlayerID=2563 Herman Peters
  4. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Herman_Peters.html Herman Peters
  5. http://www.northsydneybears.com.au/history/legends/peters.htm Herman Peters
  6. Web site: Happy 110th Birthday North Sydney. North Sydney Bears. 2019-06-21.
  7. Alan Whiticker: Rugbyleagueproject.org
  8. https://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/.../6.../15_the_mighty_bears.pdf