Peter Obst
| Peter Obst | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Peter Kenneth Obst | ||
| Place of birth | South Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Half forward | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1955–1964 1965–1967 1968–1969 |
Port Adelaide Woodville Port Adelaide |
~150 51 ~21 222 | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| South Australia | 4 | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1965–1967 | Woodville | 51 | |
| Career highlights | |||
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Peter Obst was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). During his time at Port Adelaide he was a member of the club's record six premierships in a row, winning the club's best and fairest in the fifth premiership year during 1962.[1] He left Port Adelaide in 1965 to take up a coaching offer at Woodville where he stayed for three years, winning that club's leading goal-kicker award in 1967. He returned to Port Adelaide for the last two years of his playing career.
Post-playing he worked as a football commentator for the ABC.
His father Ken Obst, brother Trevor Obst and son Andrew Obst were also accomplished footballers.
He died on 11 May 2017, aged 80.[2] [3]