Peter Thorne is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL).

Thorne didn't make much of an impact in his first two league seasons but did kick a six goal haul in a win over South Melbourne

Sydney Swans

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 at the MCG. He spent the next four years at East Perth

East Perth Football Club

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 before returning to Melbourne for the 1984 VFL season

1984 VFL season

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. Amongst his 17 goals for the year was a bag of seven against Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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, with his teammate Kelvin Templeton

Kelvin Templeton

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 contributing eight.

Back in Western Australia, Thorne played at Claremont

Claremont Football Club

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 and was a member of their 1987 premiership team. His performance in the WAFL Grand Final earned him the first of two Simpson Medal

Simpson Medal

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s. The other came in a 1988 interstate match, against the VFA.

Subiaco

Subiaco Football Club

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 signed him on as their senior coach in 1997 and despite steering the club to the 1998 Preliminary Finals, he was replaced as coach in 1999.

Thorne became a biology teacher at Christ Church Grammar School

Christ Church Grammar School

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in 1995.