Peter Peters
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Panoutas Peterides | |||||
| Nickname | Zorba | |||||
| Born | Australia | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1968 | Parramatta Eels | 11 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 61 |
| 1969–74 | Manly-Warringah | 73 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 80 |
| Total | 84 | 15 | 47 | 1 | 141 | |
| Source: Yesterday's Hero | ||||||
Peter Peters is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, commentator and journalist.
He was a first grade player for Parramatta Eels (1967–68) and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles from 1969 to 1974, playing in the 1973 premiership winning team.He played five seasons with Manly between 1969-1974 and played over 70 grade games.
Later he became a rugby league journalist in Fairfax newspapers and football commentator on radio station 2GB before moving to 2KY, forming a partnership with former referee Greg Hartley, which became popularly known as the 'Decibel Duo'[1] and 'Hollywood and Zorba'.[2] Peters was nicknamed 'Zorba' for his Greek ancestry.[3] He was also a panelist on television programme Controversy Corner, hosted by Rex Mossop in the late 1970s.[2]
He later became Media Manager at Manly.[3][4]
Late in the 2011 NRL season Peters was stood down by the Manly-Warringah club over a sexist comment made to a female journalist.[5] He was later returned to the Manly Leagues Club board in 2012.
References
- ↑ Christopher, Peter (26 September 1992). "Decibel Duo splits after Grand Final". The Sun-Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- 1 2 The 2KY Team - 2KY Australia 1017 (Racing Radio)
- 1 2 peters
- ↑ ABC Sport - Rugby League - 'Shattered' Kennedy's career in the balance
- ↑ AAP (1 September 2011). "Peters stood down by Sea Eagles". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2011.