Peter Obst | |
Fullname: | Peter Kenneth Obst |
Birth Date: | 1937 |
Position: | Half forward |
Guernsey: | 16, 1 |
Club1: | Port Adelaide |
Years1: | 1955–1964 |
Games Goals1: | ~150 |
Club2: | Woodville |
Years2: | 1965–1967 |
Games Goals2: | 51 |
Club3: | Port Adelaide |
Years3: | 1968–1969 |
Games Goals3: | ~21 |
Games Goalstotal: | 222 |
Sooteam1: | South Australia |
Soogames Goals1: | 4 |
Coachyears1: | 1965–1967 |
Coachclub1: | Woodville |
Coachgames Wins1: | 51 |
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Peter Kenneth Obst (1937–2017)[1] was an 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.[2] 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.
He died on 11 May 2017, aged 80.[3] [4]