Peter Vardy (footballer)

Peter Vardy
Personal information
Full name Peter Vardy
Date of birth (1976-01-26) 26 January 1976 (age 48)
Original team(s) Central District (SANFL)
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1996–2001 Adelaide 096 (150)
2002–2004 Melbourne 041 0(56)
Total 137 (206)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Vardy (born 26 January 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

A small forward, Vardy started his career at Adelaide where he was an AFL Rising Star nominee in 1997. A key member on the forward flank for the team, he broke his collarbone in the semi-final against Geelong, but managed to kick an extremely important goal in the process while riding a rough collision. This meant he was unable to participate in the last two finals of the Crows' first premiership. The following season he enjoyed another stellar year, accumulating 44 goals and being involved a premiership as the Crows won another premiership, kicking two goals from the wing in the grand final.

Vardy established himself as one of the league's most dangerous running forwards with regular consistent performances, however he fell out of favour with then-Adelaide coach Gary Ayres and at the end of 2001 was traded to Melbourne for draft pick number 56.

Playing statistics

[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1996 Adelaide 30 7 5 4 53 18 71 18 8 0.7 0.6 7.6 2.6 10.1 2.6 1.1
1997 Adelaide 30 24 28 21 216 90 306 74 39 1.2 0.9 9.0 3.8 12.8 3.1 1.6
1998 Adelaide 30 18 44 23 163 67 230 58 32 2.4 1.3 9.1 3.7 12.8 3.2 1.8
1999 Adelaide 30 11 16 13 88 35 123 41 6 1.5 1.2 8.0 3.2 11.2 3.7 0.5
2000 Adelaide 30 20 39 17 140 58 198 52 19 2.0 0.9 7.0 2.9 9.9 2.6 1.0
2001 Adelaide 30 16 18 21 121 46 167 52 28 1.1 1.3 7.6 2.9 10.4 3.3 1.8
2002 Melbourne 19 21 39 31 151 72 223 77 32 1.9 1.5 7.2 3.4 10.6 3.7 1.5
2003 Melbourne 19 9 5 9 43 40 83 22 18 0.6 1.0 4.8 4.4 9.2 2.4 2.0
2004 Melbourne 19 11 12 16 70 36 106 35 14 1.1 1.5 6.4 3.3 9.6 3.2 1.3
Career 137 206 155 1045 462 1507 429 196 1.5 1.1 7.6 3.4 11.0 3.1 1.4

References

  1. ^ Peter Vardy's player profile at AFL Tables