John Peard

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John Peard

Personal information
Full name	John Peard
Date of birth	?
Place of birth	?, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Bomber
Position	Five-eighth
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (points)
1966–1971 1972–1973 1974–1975 1976-1979	Eastern Suburbs St. George Eastern Suburbs Parramatta	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)
Representative teams
19?? 1975, 1977	New South Wales Australia	? (?) ? (?)
Professional clubs coached
1980	Parramatta
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

John "Bomber" Peard was an Australian rugby league player for the Eastern Suburbs, St. George and Parramatta NSWRL clubs in the 1960s and 70s.

Peard played in Eastern Suburbs lower gades before making his 1st grade debut in 1966. That year the Roosters failed to win a game but the five-eight enjoyed more success over the next few years, semi finalist in 1967, '68 and winning the club championship before joinning former coach Jack Gibson at St George in 1972.

The John Peard Cup, which commenced in 2004, was named in his honour.^[1]

In April 2007, his autobiography Fine Thanks Mate: John 'The Bomber' Peard on Football, Life and Second Chances was released.^[2] As part of the book promotion he appeared on The NRL Sunday Footy Show on 1 April 2007.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Terry Fearnley 1976–1979	Coach Parramatta Eels 1980	Succeeded by Jack Gibson 1981–1983

Persondata
NAME	Peard, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian rugby league player
DATE OF BIRTH	?
PLACE OF BIRTH	New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH