Peter Chisnall
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Peter Chisnall was an Australian rules football
player for North Melbourne Football Club
.
Chisnall, from Corowa
originally, played for the North Melbourne Football Club from 1968 to 1970, during the struggling years for the club. However, he came back in 1974 and played an important role as a wingman.
In the 1975 Grand Final he accumulated 16 kicks, 2 marks and 6 handballs: a total of 24 possessions.
A loyal North Melbourne player during his career, he was one of North Melbourne Football Club supporters favorite players, who played a total of 80 games for the club, both during the struggling years and the successful years
During his football career at North Melbourne Football Club, he balanced his football career with his occupation as a butcher.
Chisnall also had three stints as a coach in the Tasmanian Football League
, firstly as playing coach of New Norfolk
in 1976 and 1977 and was later wooed back in 1990 as non-playing coach to the then struggling New Norfolk
club (who had been on the brink of bankruptcy only twelve months earlier and had been on the bottom of the ladder since 1986).
The ever charismatic Chisnall's appointment generated great optimism and feeling within the Derwent Valley community and attendances rose sharply as his Eagles team rose to great heights and were, at one stage, ladder leaders before falling away late in the season to be comprehensively defeated by Sandy Bay
by 89-points in the 1990 TFL Elimination Final.
Chisnall's teams however could not match the same level of intensity as what they'd showed early on in his stint and after two disappointing seasons in 1991 and 1992 in which New Norfolk missed the finals, an increasingly erratic and frustrated Chisnall (who had gotten so riled up in one match against Clarence at Boyer Oval that he was seen to jump the fence into the main grandstand and engage in physical altercation with a Clarence reserves player) resigned from his post at season's end.
After applying for, but being overlooked for the vacant Hobart
senior coaching position vacated by Mark Browning, he was to spend the 1993 season as a boundary-rider on ABC-Television's TFL Statewide League
broadcasts, Chisnall signed on as senior coach of Launceston Football Club
for their TFL Statewide League debut season in 1994.
It was not to be a happy stint for Chisnall as Launceston were woefully out of their depth at statewide league level and the club won just two matches (one as a result of an opposition team playing an unregistered player and losing the points) from thirty-six matches until the end of the 1995 season when Chisnall stood down.
Chisnall has since had no further involvement in Tasmanian football and was last known to be living in country Victoria and running a hotel.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
player for North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
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Chisnall, from Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....
originally, played for the North Melbourne Football Club from 1968 to 1970, during the struggling years for the club. However, he came back in 1974 and played an important role as a wingman.
In the 1975 Grand Final he accumulated 16 kicks, 2 marks and 6 handballs: a total of 24 possessions.
A loyal North Melbourne player during his career, he was one of North Melbourne Football Club supporters favorite players, who played a total of 80 games for the club, both during the struggling years and the successful years
During his football career at North Melbourne Football Club, he balanced his football career with his occupation as a butcher.
Chisnall also had three stints as a coach in the Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...
, firstly as playing coach of New Norfolk
New Norfolk Eagles
The New Norfolk District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Entry to Southern District Football Assoc* 1934Entry to TANFL/TFL* 1947...
in 1976 and 1977 and was later wooed back in 1990 as non-playing coach to the then struggling New Norfolk
New Norfolk Eagles
The New Norfolk District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Entry to Southern District Football Assoc* 1934Entry to TANFL/TFL* 1947...
club (who had been on the brink of bankruptcy only twelve months earlier and had been on the bottom of the ladder since 1986).
The ever charismatic Chisnall's appointment generated great optimism and feeling within the Derwent Valley community and attendances rose sharply as his Eagles team rose to great heights and were, at one stage, ladder leaders before falling away late in the season to be comprehensively defeated by Sandy Bay
Sandy Bay Football Club
The Sandy Bay Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia that participated in the Tasmanian Football League from 1945 to 1997.-Club History:...
by 89-points in the 1990 TFL Elimination Final.
Chisnall's teams however could not match the same level of intensity as what they'd showed early on in his stint and after two disappointing seasons in 1991 and 1992 in which New Norfolk missed the finals, an increasingly erratic and frustrated Chisnall (who had gotten so riled up in one match against Clarence at Boyer Oval that he was seen to jump the fence into the main grandstand and engage in physical altercation with a Clarence reserves player) resigned from his post at season's end.
After applying for, but being overlooked for the vacant Hobart
Hobart Football Club
Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2009, the club has been a member of the Tasmanian State League.- Club history :...
senior coaching position vacated by Mark Browning, he was to spend the 1993 season as a boundary-rider on ABC-Television's TFL Statewide League
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...
broadcasts, Chisnall signed on as senior coach of Launceston Football Club
Launceston Football Club
The Launceston Football Club is an Australian rules football club, located in the West Tamar suburb of Riverside, seven kilometres north of the Launceston CBD and currently play in the Tasmanian State League in Tasmania, Australia.-History:...
for their TFL Statewide League debut season in 1994.
It was not to be a happy stint for Chisnall as Launceston were woefully out of their depth at statewide league level and the club won just two matches (one as a result of an opposition team playing an unregistered player and losing the points) from thirty-six matches until the end of the 1995 season when Chisnall stood down.
Chisnall has since had no further involvement in Tasmanian football and was last known to be living in country Victoria and running a hotel.