Carl Peterson (Australian footballer)

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Carl Peterson
Personal information
Full name Carl Peterson
Date of birth (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Meekatharra, Western Australia
Original team(s) Claremont
Draft No. 60, 2006 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2010, Hawthorn  vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2007 Richmond 00 0(0)
2009–2010 Hawthorn 17 (13)
Total17 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Carl Peterson (born 3 July 1987) is a former Australian rules football player with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Peterson was also listed with the Richmond Football Club but did not play a game.

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More recently, Peterson played for the Perth Football League team SNESA.

Peterson was born in Meekatharra, Western Australia, and moved to Kununurra when he was two before moving to Perth to finish Year 12, where he trained and played football with the Clontarf Football Academy. Claremont Football Club recruited him into the Western Australian Football League (WAFL). [1] He played five games for Claremont in 2006, including two finals. [2]

Richmond originally drafted Peterson in the 2006 AFL Draft. He was a fourth-round pick, number 60 overall, but the Tigers delisted him at the end of the 2007 season without playing a game. Following this, he joined Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) club St Mary's and was in the Saints' 2007/08 premiership side. He was then redrafted into the AFL by Hawthorn with the 61st overall of the 2009 Rookie Draft. [3]

He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2010 AFL season and performed well, kicking a goal and gathering 15 disposals in the first half before copping a heavy knock early in the second half. [4] He played seventeen games for Hawthorn, all in 2010.

In 2012, Peterson signed to play for the Victorian Football League's Northern Blues. [5] He spent the previous year (2011) playing for Old Carey in the VAFA. [6]

Statistics

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2007 Richmond 280——————————————0
2009 Hawthorn 480——————————————0
2010 Hawthorn 48171391318922073530.80.57.75.212.94.33.10
Career [7] 171391318922073530.80.57.75.212.94.33.10

Notes

  1. ↑ Carl gets drafted
  2. ↑ "WAFL Profile". Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "Jurrah is Demons number one gun - Aboriginal Football". GameDay.
  4. ↑ McFarlane, Glenn (27 March 2010). "Carl Peterson's journey ends in a dream". Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Landsberger, Sam (13 February 2011). "Blues appoint dual-captains". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "After life crisis, former Hawk hopes to soar again". amp.theage.com.au. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Carl Peterson". AFLTables. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

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