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Peter Obst
Peter Obst
Personal information
Full name	Peter Kenneth Obst
Date of birth	1937
Date of death	11 May 2017 (aged 80)
Position(s)	Half forward
Playing career
Years	Club
1955–1964	Port Adelaide
1965–1967	Woodville
1968–1969	Port Adelaide
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	South Australia
Coaching career
Years	Club
1965–1967	Woodville
Career highlights
	6x Port Adelaide premiership player (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963); Port Adelaide best and fairest (1962); Woodville leading goal-kicker (1967);
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Peter Kenneth Obst (1937–2017)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] ^[4]