Peter Featherby
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Peter Featherby is a former Australian rules football
er. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club
in the West Australian Football League
, but is also played with two Victorian Football League
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. Other unconfirmed reports say Featherby amassed 55 possessions for Footscray in 1975 and 56 against Fitzroy in 1983. Featherby retired from 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 played a total of 15 interstate matches, 14 for Western Australia and one for Victoria in 1980. He was inducted into the WAFL Hall of Fame and named as Subiaco's Legend in 2007.
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...
er. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club
Subiaco Football Club
The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...
in the West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
, but is also played with two Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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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
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
encouraged him to return to the VFL in 1979 he moved to the club and won the Carji Greeves Medal
Carji Greeves Medal
The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season....
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. Other unconfirmed reports say Featherby amassed 55 possessions for Footscray in 1975 and 56 against Fitzroy in 1983. Featherby retired from 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 played a total of 15 interstate matches, 14 for Western Australia and one for Victoria in 1980. He was inducted into the WAFL Hall of Fame and named as Subiaco's Legend in 2007.