Peter Daicos

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Peter Daicos (born September 20, 1961 in Fitzroy, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.

Commonly known as The Macedonian Marvel due to his heritage, the mulleted Daicos is known as one of the most exciting forward pockets of his time - with an incredible knack to score goals from acute angles. Players such as Alan Didak have shown glimpses of such goalscoring ability and have sometimes been compared by Collingwood fans to Daicos, such is his legendary status at the club.

Daicos debuted with the Collingwood Football Club in 1979, recruited from Preston. He went on to play 250 games (for 549 goals) with the Magpies until his retirement in 1993. In 2002 he made the AFL Greek Team of the Century reserved for the top 18 players to have played in the AFL with Greek heritage.

By far his best season in the VFL/AFL was in 1990 when his beloved Magpies won a long awaited premiership. Daicos scored 97 goals playing mostly from full-forward, a feat made all the more remarkable by the fact that he was considerably shorter than many full-forwards of the era. His heroics in scoring a difficult goal, drawing the 1990 Qualifying Final became the subject of a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement, first screened in 2005.

In 1999 Daicos was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

[edit] Career highlights

Playing career:

Collingwood 1979-1993 (Games: 250 Goals: 549)

Player honors:

Collingwood best and fairest 1982, 1988
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992
Collingwood premiership 1990
Collingwood Team of the Century
All-Australian 1982, 1988, 1990
Victorian representative (5 games, 12 goals).

[edit] See also

List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity

[edit] References

Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers, p. 143. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X.
AFL: Hall of Fame

Preceded by Mark Williams	Copeland Trophy winner 1982	Succeeded by Bill Picken
Preceded by Darren Millane	Copeland Trophy winner 1988	Succeeded by Gavin Brown