Peter Everitt
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Peter "Spida" Everitt is a former Australian rules
footballer who played for St Kilda, Hawthorn Hawks and the Sydney Swans in the AFL
. He made his debut for St Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn
. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans
at the end of 2006. Following the club's 2008 semi-final loss to the Western Bulldogs
, he announced his retirement. He finished his career on 291 games.
. He lived for part of his childhood in Wantirna
Everitt played in St Kilda's 1996 pre-season Cup
winning side.
Everitt played every match of the 1997 season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club's second Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy
.
He won All-Australian selection in 1997, but suffered a collarbone injury late in the year, missing the Grand Final
. He again won All-Australian selection in 1998. In Round 2, 1999, at Waverley Park
Everitt racially abused Melbourne's Scott Chisholm
after kicking a goal. Peter received a $20,000 fine, a self-imposed four-match suspension, a racial awareness training program and loss of match payments. Everitt publicly apologised to Chisholm and his family and to the Aboriginal community.
, after too many off-field discretions and a lack of discipline at the Saints. The Hawks offered him a fresh start, and he became one of the premier tap ruckmen in the competition, winning All-Australian selection in 2005. He was traded to the Sydney Swans
for the 2007 season.
said in a statement released by the club that Everitt had failed to reach an agreement with Hawthorn regarding his contract. Everitt had allegedly requested a two-year contract, but Hawthorn was only prepared to offer the then 32-year-old ruckman a one-year deal. The Hawks agreed to seek to trade Everitt with another club.
Consequently, on 13 October 2006, Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans
in the final minutes of trade week in return for draft pick 33. The trade ended strong belief that Everitt would be forced to nominate for the pre-season draft and risk being picked up by another club rather than Sydney following a stall in negotiations between the two clubs.
Everitt spent two seasons at the Swans before retiring after the Swans' semi-finals exit in 2008.
played for the Western Bulldogs after being selected in the 2006 AFL Draft
, now playing for the Sydney Swans like his big brother did. Since retiring from AFL in 2008 Everitt and Sheree have their own TV Show called Great Australian Doorstep, where they travel around Australia by motorhome filming smaller towns with what to see and do. He also competed in the 9th season of Dancing With The Stars
and was the first competitor to be eliminated.
Everitt has been criticized for comments made on Twitter
and Sunrise
in response to the alleged rape of a women by two Collingwood players. The Age
journalist Nina Funnell said "...statements like these encourage men to believe they are entitled to have sex with vulnerable women, and women to believe they are not entitled to say 'no' once drunk or alone with a man." In a tweeted response to the controversy Everitt stated "My comments are solely aimed at warning females of the danger of being drunk or under the influence of drugs."
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
footballer who played for St Kilda, Hawthorn Hawks and the Sydney Swans in the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
. He made his debut for St Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
at the end of 2006. Following the club's 2008 semi-final loss to the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
, he announced his retirement. He finished his career on 291 games.
Early career
Everitt was born on the Mornington PeninsulaMornington Peninsula
The Mornington Peninsula is a peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is surrounded by Port Phillip to the west, Western Port to the east and Bass Strait to the south, and is connected to the mainland in the north. Geographically, the peninsula begins its protrusion...
. He lived for part of his childhood in Wantirna
Wantirna, Victoria
Wantirna is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Knox. At the 2006 Census, Wantirna had a population of 13,978....
St Kilda
Making his debut for St Kilda in 1993, the then dreadlocked Everitt became one of the Saints' best ruckmen.Everitt played in St Kilda's 1996 pre-season Cup
1996 Ansett Australia Cup
- Scorecard :-St Kilda Football Club:-Carlton Football Club:- Final Placings :1. St. Kilda 2. Carlton 3. West Coast 4. North Melbourne 5. Collingwood 6. Brisbane 7. Footscray 8. Adelaide 9. Sydney 10. Fremantle 11. Fitzroy 12. Richmond...
winning side.
Everitt played every match of the 1997 season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club's second Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy
1997 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1997.The Port Adelaide Power joined the competition.The Brisbane Lions also joined the competition after the merger of the and ....
.
He won All-Australian selection in 1997, but suffered a collarbone injury late in the year, missing the Grand Final
1997 AFL Grand Final
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. He again won All-Australian selection in 1998. In Round 2, 1999, at Waverley Park
Waverley Park
Waverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
Everitt racially abused Melbourne's Scott Chisholm
Scott Chisholm (footballer)
Scott Chisholm is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and Melbourne in the Australian Football League between 1995 and 2000...
after kicking a goal. Peter received a $20,000 fine, a self-imposed four-match suspension, a racial awareness training program and loss of match payments. Everitt publicly apologised to Chisholm and his family and to the Aboriginal community.
Hawthorn career
At the end of 2002 Everitt was traded to HawthornHawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
, after too many off-field discretions and a lack of discipline at the Saints. The Hawks offered him a fresh start, and he became one of the premier tap ruckmen in the competition, winning All-Australian selection in 2005. He was traded to the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
for the 2007 season.
Fallout at Hawthorn
In September 2006, it was announced that Everitt would not be playing for the Hawks in 2007. Hawthorn coach Alastair ClarksonAlastair Clarkson
Alastair Clarkson is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club.- North Melbourne :...
said in a statement released by the club that Everitt had failed to reach an agreement with Hawthorn regarding his contract. Everitt had allegedly requested a two-year contract, but Hawthorn was only prepared to offer the then 32-year-old ruckman a one-year deal. The Hawks agreed to seek to trade Everitt with another club.
Consequently, on 13 October 2006, Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the final minutes of trade week in return for draft pick 33. The trade ended strong belief that Everitt would be forced to nominate for the pre-season draft and risk being picked up by another club rather than Sydney following a stall in negotiations between the two clubs.
Everitt spent two seasons at the Swans before retiring after the Swans' semi-finals exit in 2008.
Season Statistics
| Year | Team | Number | Games | Kicks | Handballs | Total Disposals | Marks | Tackles | Hitouts | Goals | Behinds | Goal Accuracy % | Brownlow Medal Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | St Kilda | 10 | 13 | 112 | 54 | 166 | 54 | 6 | 122 | 16 | 14 | 53% | 2 |
| 1994 | St Kilda | 10 | 18 | 75 | 36 | 111 | 39 | 8 | 57 | 13 | 6 | 68% | 0 |
| 1995 | St Kilda | 10 | 18 | 143 | 56 | 199 | 92 | 9 | 115 | 32 | 20 | 61% | 2 |
| 1996 | St Kilda | 10 | 19 | 152 | 76 | 228 | 101 | 16 | 139 | 41 | 23 | 64% | 0 |
| 1997 | St Kilda | 10 | 23 | 256 | 90 | 346 | 135 | 23 | 302 | 44 | 25 | 64% | 5 |
| 1998 | St Kilda | 10 | 24 | 300 | 111 | 411 | 163 | 22 | 433 | 45 | 32 | 58% | 9 |
| 1999 | St Kilda | 10 | 17 | 166 | 58 | 224 | 101 | 16 | 347 | 22 | 21 | 51% | 2 |
| 2000 | St Kilda | 10 | 15 | 129 | 47 | 176 | 74 | 15 | 186 | 40 | 18 | 69% | 4 |
| 2001 | St Kilda | 10 | 21 | 201 | 64 | 265 | 98 | 32 | 569 | 30 | 24 | 55% | 5 |
| 2002 | St Kilda | 10 | 12 | 96 | 36 | 132 | 52 | 18 | 264 | 16 | 10 | 61% | 0 |
| 2003 | Hawthorn | 1 | 14 | 130 | 44 | 174 | 67 | 24 | 330 | 17 | 7 | 71% | 4 |
| 2004 | Hawthorn | 1 | 22 | 203 | 90 | 293 | 99 | 43 | 628 | 28 | 11 | 72% | 6 |
| 2005 | Hawthorn | 1 | 22 | 261 | 121 | 382 | 123 | 46 | 556 | 17 | 15 | 53% | 13 |
| 2006 | Hawthorn | 1 | 14 | 114 | 54 | 168 | 58 | 25 | 309 | 5 | 3 | 63% | 0 |
| 2007 | Sydney | 10 | 23 | 178 | 78 | 256 | 93 | 18 | 405 | 15 | 9 | 63% | 5 |
| 2008 | Sydney | 10 | 16 | 92 | 45 | 137 | 41 | 20 | 199 | 2 | 4 | 33% | 0 |
| Totals | 291 | 2608 | 1060 | 3668 | 1390 | 341 | 4961 | 383 | 242 | 61% | 57 |
Personal life
On 12 January 2008, Everitt married partner of seven years Sheree in New Zealand. Everitt has three daughters and a son. His younger brother Andrejs EverittAndrejs Everitt
Andrejs Everitt is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League and previously played for the Western Bulldogs. He is the younger brother of former St Kilda, Hawthorn and Sydney player Peter Everitt.Everitt was picked in the 2006 AFL...
played for the Western Bulldogs after being selected in the 2006 AFL Draft
2006 AFL Draft
The 2006 AFL Draft is a recent national draft of the Australian Football League. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League....
, now playing for the Sydney Swans like his big brother did. Since retiring from AFL in 2008 Everitt and Sheree have their own TV Show called Great Australian Doorstep, where they travel around Australia by motorhome filming smaller towns with what to see and do. He also competed in the 9th season of Dancing With The Stars
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 9)
The 9th Season of Dancing with the Stars was announced on Today Tonight, on 5 June 2009.Longtime weather presenter Jeff Newman appeared in a promo of Dancing to promote his retirement....
and was the first competitor to be eliminated.
Everitt has been criticized for comments made on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network. On weekdays the programme follows Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am.-History:...
in response to the alleged rape of a women by two Collingwood players. The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
journalist Nina Funnell said "...statements like these encourage men to believe they are entitled to have sex with vulnerable women, and women to believe they are not entitled to say 'no' once drunk or alone with a man." In a tweeted response to the controversy Everitt stated "My comments are solely aimed at warning females of the danger of being drunk or under the influence of drugs."