Peter Peters
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| Full name | Panoutas Peterides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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'[3] and 'Hollywood and Zorba'.[4] Peters was nicknamed 'Zorba' for his Greek ancestry.[5] He was also a panelist on television programme Controversy Corner, hosted by Rex Mossop in the late 1970s.[4]
He later became Media Manager at Manly.[5][6]
Late in the 2011 NRL season Peters was stood down by the Manly-Warringah club over a sexist comment made to a female journalist.[7] He was later returned to the Manly Leagues Club board in 2012.
References
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ Yesterday's Hero
- ^ Christopher, Peter (26 September 1992). "Decibel Duo splits after Grand Final". The Sun-Herald. Australia: Fairfax Media. p. 3. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
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- ^ 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.