Peter Rohde

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Peter Rohde
Personal information
Full name	Peter Rohde
Date of birth	(1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 60)
Original team(s)	Sandhurst
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1985–1987	Carlton	46 (6)
1988–1995	Melbourne	117 (22)
Total		162 (28)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
2002–2004	Western Bulldogs	45 (9–35–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 11, 2009.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Rohde (born 19 November 1964) is a former Australian Football League (AFL) player and coach.

Playing career

Carlton

Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985. He played total of 46 games and kicked six goals for the club from 1985 until 1987. ^{[1] [2]} Rohde left Carlton at the end of the 1987 season, because the Carlton senior coach Robert Walls had a low opinion of Rohde's playing ability and dropped him from the side during the 1987 finals campaign, when Carlton ended up winning the premiership. ^[3]

Melbourne

Rohde transferred to Melbourne Football Club, where he played 117 games and kicked 22 goals from 1988 until he retired in 1995. ^{[4] [5]} The Melbourne senior coach John Northey had a high opinion of Rohde's playing ability, but Rohde was plagued by injury. ^[6]

Coaching career

Norwood

Rohde achieved success as senior coach of Norwood in the South Australian National Football League, taking the club to a premiership in 1997. ^[7]

Western Bulldogs

Rohde became assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs. ^[8] Towards the end of the 2002 season, the resignation of senior coach Terry Wallace led to Rohde being made caretaker senior coach for the final-round clash with Collingwood at the MCG in Round 22, 2002, which the Bulldogs won. ^[9] Rohde was then appointed to the position of full-time senior coach. ^[10] In the 2003 season, the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled and 16th, for the wooden spoon with three wins, eighteen losses and one draw. In the 2004 season the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled again and finished 14th with five wins and seventeen losses. Rohde was sacked towards the end of the 2004 season, with four matches to go, but he agreed to stay and coach for the rest of the season. ^[11] Rohde coached Western Bulldogs in 45 games with nine wins and 35 losses and one draw, a winning percentage of 20 per cent. Rohde was then replaced by Rodney Eade as Western Bulldogs senior coach.

Port Adelaide Football Operations Manager

Rohde then went to Port Adelaide Football Club, serving as Football Operations Manager from the end of 2004 until the end of the 2014 season. ^{[12] [13]}

Personal life

Rohde has three children, Matthew, Ashleigh and Ella, and is married to Robyn.

References

1. "Peter Rohde" . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "PETER ROHDE" . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. "PETER ROHDE" . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
4. rleague, "Peter Rohde", http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_Rohde.html Retrieved 9 February 2010
5. "PETER ROHDE" . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
6. "PETER ROHDE" . Retrieved 30 April 2022.
7. "Peter Rohde" . Retrieved 22 February 2022.
8. Ryan, M. "Bassett hound at home with Bulldogs", The Age, 4 December 2002
9. "Wallace off to Swans, say Dogs". 29 August 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
10. "Rohde expects Grant to lead". 7 November 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
11. "Bulldogs sack Rohde". ABC News. 4 August 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
12. "After years of turmoil, Peter Rohde departs Port Adelaide believing its premiership window is wide open". 19 December 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
13. "Rohde to depart Port Adelaide at end of 2014 season". 1 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

External links

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