Peter Sartori
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Peter David Sartori is a former Australian rules football
player who played for the Carlton Football Club
and the Fitzroy Football Club
in the AFL
and Swan Districts Football Club
in the WAFL
throughout the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s.
He commenced his career at Swan Districts in 1981 after being recruited from Redcliffe. He missed the 1982 finals due to a kidney
injury sustained at an exhibition game in Esperance
midway through the season. He continued playing in 1983 and helped his club win both the 1983 and 1984 Grand Finals playing both as a ruckman
and at centre half forward.
Sartori left Swan Districts in 1986 after six seasons in which he had played 82 games and kicked 119 goals in the number 15 guernsey.
He joined the Carlton Football Club in 1987 and played 54 games for the club wearing the number 18 guernsey. A tall key forward he played 57 games for the blues and kicked 114 goals. A hamstring injury in 1987 cost him a spot in the 1987 premiership side. After the 1991 season Sartori was traded as part of a complex deal to Fitzroy Football Club.
He managed to play only 23 games in three seasons after suffering many injuries including a major knee injury in 1992. and retired at the end of the 1994 season.
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 who played for the Carlton Football Club
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
and the Fitzroy Football Club
Fitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
in the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
and Swan Districts Football Club
Swan Districts Football Club
The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...
in the WAFL
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...
throughout the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s.
He commenced his career at Swan Districts in 1981 after being recruited from Redcliffe. He missed the 1982 finals due to a kidney
Kidney
The kidneys, organs with several functions, serve essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and...
injury sustained at an exhibition game in Esperance
Esperance, Western Australia
Esperance is a large town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located on the Southern Ocean coastline approximately east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The shire of Esperance is home to 9,536 people as of the 2006 census, its major industries are tourism, agriculture,...
midway through the season. He continued playing in 1983 and helped his club win both the 1983 and 1984 Grand Finals playing both as a ruckman
Ruckman (Australian rules football position)
In Australian rules football, a ruckman is typically a tall and athletic player who contests at centre bounces and stoppages . The ruckman is one of the most important players on the field...
and at centre half forward.
Sartori left Swan Districts in 1986 after six seasons in which he had played 82 games and kicked 119 goals in the number 15 guernsey.
He joined the Carlton Football Club in 1987 and played 54 games for the club wearing the number 18 guernsey. A tall key forward he played 57 games for the blues and kicked 114 goals. A hamstring injury in 1987 cost him a spot in the 1987 premiership side. After the 1991 season Sartori was traded as part of a complex deal to Fitzroy Football Club.
He managed to play only 23 games in three seasons after suffering many injuries including a major knee injury in 1992. and retired at the end of the 1994 season.