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Peter Featherby
Peter Featherby
Personal information
Date of birth	12 December 1951 (age 72)
Original team(s)	Wembley (WAAFL)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club
1970–74, 1977–79, 1984–88	Subiaco
1975–76	Footscray
1979–83	Geelong
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1973-1980	Western Australia
1980	Victoria
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Career highlights
	Geelong best and fairest: 1981; Simpson Medal, WA vs South Australia: 1973; Subiaco Premierships: 1973, 1986;; Subiaco best and fairest: 1976, 1977; West Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2007;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Peter Featherby (born 12 December 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but he also played with two Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs.

Featherby's first stint in the VFL was with the Footscray Football Club, where he lasted only two seasons before moving back to Subiaco.

Geelong encouraged him to return to the VFL in 1979 he moved to the club and won the Carji Greeves Medal in 1981. A prolific ball-winner, he had the second highest confirmed possession game of all time, gathering 43 kicks, 8 handballs and 12 marks against Melbourne in round 16, 1981.^[2] Other unconfirmed reports say Featherby amassed 55 possessions for Footscray in 1975 and 56 against Fitzroy in 1983. Featherby left VFL football in 1983, but continued to play for Subiaco for the next five seasons, including in their 1986 premiership side, 13 years after his first premiership.

He also played 15 interstate matches, 14 for Western Australia and one for Victoria in 1980.^[3] He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame and named as Subiaco's Legend in 2007.^[4]

References[edit]

^ These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.
^ Most disposals in a game; Footystats
^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 193. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
^ Peter Featherby: Subiaco's Legend for 2007^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[edit]

Peter Featherby's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Peter Featherby at AustralianFootball.com

[1] These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only.

[2] Most disposals in a game; Footystats

[3] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 193. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.

[4] Peter Featherby: Subiaco's Legend for 2007^{[permanent dead link]}

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+| originalteam = Wembley ([[Western Australian Amateur Football League|WAAFL]])
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+| height = 183 cm
-| debutdate = Round ?, 19??
+| weight = 85 kg
+| position = Midfielder
-| debutteam = [[Subiaco Football Club]]
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+| statsend = 1988
+| years1 = 1970–74, 1977–79, 1984–88
-| debutstadium = ?
-| playingteams = [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]] (1975-1976)
+| club1 = [[Subiaco Football Club|Subiaco]]
+| games_goals1 = 196 (181)<ref> These tallies refer to premiership matches (home-and-away and finals matches) only. </ref>
+| years2 = 1975–76
+| club2 = [[Footscray Football Club|Footscray]]
+| games_goals2 = {{0}}42 (15)
+| years3 = 1979–83
+| club3 = [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]
+| games_goals3 = {{0}}93 (79)
+| games_goalstotal = 331 (275)
+| sooyears1 = 1973-1980
+| sooteam1 = [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]]
+| soogames_goals1 = 14 (7)
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+| sooteam2 = [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]]
+| soogames_goals2 = {{0}} 1
+| careerhighlights = *[[Carji Greeves Medal|Geelong best and fairest]]: 1981
+*[[Simpson Medal]], WA vs South Australia: 1973
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+*Subiaco best and fairest: 1976, 1977
+*[[West Australian Football Hall of Fame]], inducted 2007
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+'''Peter Featherby''' (born 12 December 1951) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er.  He began his senior career with [[Subiaco Football Club]] in the [[West Australian Football League]] (WAFL), but he also played with two [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] (VFL) clubs.
-games, 15 goals
+Featherby's first stint in the VFL was with the [[Footscray Football Club]], where he lasted only two seasons before moving back to Subiaco.
-[[Geelong Football Club]] (1979-1983)
+[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] encouraged him to return to the VFL in 1979 he moved to the club and won the [[Carji Greeves Medal]] in 1981. A prolific ball-winner, he had the second highest confirmed possession game of all time, gathering 43 kicks, 8 handballs and 12 marks against [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] in [[1981 VFL season#Round 16|round 16, 1981]].<ref>[http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Kicks-Marks-Hballs.html Most disposals in a game]; Footystats</ref> Other unconfirmed reports say Featherby amassed 55 possessions for Footscray in 1975 and 56 against Fitzroy in 1983. Featherby left VFL football in 1983, but continued to play for Subiaco for the next five seasons, including in their 1986 premiership side, 13 years after his first premiership.
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-*[[Geelong FC|Geelong]] [[Carji Greeves Medal|best and fairest]], Simpson Medal WA vs Victoria 1973, WAFL Hall of Fame 2007}}
+He also played 15 interstate matches, 14 for [[Western Australia Australian rules football team|Western Australia]] and one for [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria]] in 1980.<ref>{{Ref AFL Encyc|4th|193}}</ref>  He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame and named as Subiaco's Legend in 2007.<ref>[http://www.wafootball.com.au/wafl/117-peter-featherby-subiacos-legend-for-2007 Peter Featherby: Subiaco's Legend for 2007]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-'''Peter Featherby''' (born [[December 12]], [[1951]]) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er.  He began his senior career with [[Subiaco Football Club]] in the [[West Australian Football League]], but is best-known for his time with two [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] clubs.
+==References==
-Featherby's first stint in the VFL was with the [[Footscray Football Club]], where disagreements with the coaching staff saw him last only two seasons before moving back to
+{{reflist}}
+==External links==
-[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] encouraged him to return to the VFL and they were successful in their persuasion. In 1979 he moved to the club and won the [[Carji Greeves Medal]] in 1981. Featherby retired from football in 1983 and was inducted into the WAFL Hall of Fame in 2007.
+*{{AFL Tables|P/Peter_Featherby}}
+*{{AustralianFootball|peter+featherby/10868}}
+{{Subiaco Football Club Team of the Century}}
-{{Unreferenced|date=December 2006}}
+{{Simpson Medal winners}}
+{{Carji Greeves Medal}}
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+[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Carji Greeves Medal winners]]
-[[Category:Geelong Cats players]]
+[[Category:Geelong Football Club players]]
 [[Category:Subiaco Football Club players]]
 [[Category:Western Bulldogs players]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:Victorian State of Origin players]]
+[[Category:Western Australian State of Origin players]]
+[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Western Australia]]
-{{AFL-bio-1950s-stub}}
+[[Category:West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees]]

v t e Subiaco Football Club – Team of the Century
Full-back	Dwayne Lamb Brian Sarre Lou Daily
Half-back	Laurie Kettlewell Brighton Diggins Bill Faul
Centre	Snowy Hamilton Peter Featherby Dean Kemp
Half-forward	George Young Phil Matson Gary Buckenara
Forward	Allistair Pickett Austin Robertson Jr. Tom Outridge Sr.
Ruck	Mike Fitzpatrick (c) Haydn Bunton Sr. Johnny Leonard
Interchange	Laurie Keene Fred Williams Drew Banfield Brett Heady
Coach	Haydn Bunton Jr.
selected in 2008

v t e Simpson Medal winners
WAFL Grand Finals	1945: Ebbs 1946: Loughridge 1947: Eriksson 1948: Ingraham 1949: Larcombe 1950: Lewington 1951: Porter 1952: Kelly 1953: Marsh 1954: Tyson 1955: M. McIntosh 1956: Parentich 1957: Conway 1958: Bull 1959: Farmer 1960: Foley 1961: Slater 1962: Sorrell 1963: Bagley 1964: Rogers 1965: Imrie 1966: Cable 1967: Cable 1968: Cable 1969: Dempsey 1970: Ciccotosto 1971: Sheridan 1972: McAullay 1973: Blair 1974: Gibellini/Pretty 1975: Whinnen 1976: Day 1977: Rosbender 1978: Miller 1979: K. Taylor 1980: Rioli 1981: Shaw/Rioli 1982: Melrose 1983: Shine 1984: Kimberley 1985: B. Taylor 1986: Zanotti 1987: Thorne 1988: Lee 1989: Allan 1990: Walker 1991: Kickett 1992: Browning 1993: Kickett 1994: Amaranti 1995: Harris 1996: Ridley 1997: Hynes 1998: Bromage 1999: Kelly 2000: Cox 2001: Turnbull 2002: Turnbull 2003: LeCras 2004: Vines 2005: McGrath 2006: Webb 2007: B. Smith 2008: Hall 2009: Hams 2010: Krakouer 2011: Wilkes 2012: Medhurst 2013: Hutchings 2014: Bristow 2015: Boland 2016: Blakely 2017: Ryan 2018: Horsley 2019: Sokol 2020: Bolton 2021: Clark 2022: Meadows
Interstate Rep. Matches	1948: Curran (VIC) 1949: Heal (WA) 1951: Buttsworth (WA) 1952: M. McIntosh (WA) 1954: Harper (WA) 1955: Williams (SA) 1956: Farmer (WA)/Goldsmith (VIC) 1957: Whitten (VIC) 1958: Farmer (WA) 1959: Watts (WA) 1960: Aylett (VIC) 1962: Sorrell (WA)/Harper (WA) 1963: Sarre (WA) 1964: Shearman (SA) 1965: Murray (WA)/Spargo (WA) 1967: Walker (WA) 1968: Nicholls (VIC) 1970: Stiles (WA) 1971: Knights (VIC) 1973: Featherby (WA) 1974: Alexander (WA) 1975: Magro (WA) 1976: Elliott (WA) 1977: Moss (WA)/James (SA)/Cable (WA) 1978: Knights (VIC) 1979: Cornes (SA) 1981: Beasley (WA)/Buckenara (WA)/Krakouer (WA) 1982: Browning (WA)/K. Taylor (WA) 1983: Michael (WA)/Rioli (WA) 1984: Hardie (WA) 1985: Bradley (SA)/Weightman (VIC) 1986: Hardie (WA) 1987: McDermott (SA)/Bews (VIC) 1988: Allan (WA)/Thorne (WA)/Healy (VIC) 1989: Dunstall (VIC) 1990: Madden (VIC)/Allan (WA) 1991: Harding (WA)/Retzlaff (WA) 1993: Atkins (WA) 1994: Symmons (WA) 1995: Treleven (WA) 1996: Snow (WA) 1997: Dorotich (WA) 1998: Irving (WA) 1999: Tregenza (WA) 2000: Campbell (WA) 2002: Johnson (WA) 2003: Webster (WA) 2004: Bossong (WA) 2005: Priddis (WA) 2006: Hayes (WA) 2007: Hay (WA) 2008: Richardson (WA) 2009: LeCras (WA) 2010: Blackwell (WA) 2011: J. Smith (WA) 2012: Johnson (WA) 2013: Twomey (WA) 2014: Hams (WA) 2015: Davis (WA) 2016: Bolton (WA) 2017: Saunders (WA) 2018: Bolton (WA) 2019: Deluca (WA) 2021: Bolton (WA) 2022: Kitchin (WA)
Interstate Carnivals/Tours	1950: Maffina 1953: M. McIntosh 1961: Gabelich 1964: Chadwick 1966: J. McIntosh 1969: Cable/Farmer 1972: McAullay 1988: Lamb
Interstate Club Matches	1946: Richards (Coll) (East Frem v Collingwood) 1947: Jenkins (SF) (South Frem v Essendon)