Peter Tannock

Peter Tannock
Personal information
Full name Peter Darcy Tannock
Date of birth (1940-10-02) 2 October 1940 (age 84)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1963–1966 East Perth 51 (26)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1966.

Peter Darcy Tannock AM (born 2 October 1940) is a former academic and Australian rules football player, coach and administrator.[1]

Tannock was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to education, particularly through the Catholic Education Commission and Notre Dame University".[2] He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 for his service to Australian football[3] and the Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service as Vice Chancellor, University of Notre Dame and to the Catholic Education Commission."[4]

Tannock was chair of the West Australian Football Commission for its first 10 years.[5] In 2011, he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductee: Peter Darcy Tannock". West Australian Football Commission. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Dr Peter Darcy TANNOCK". Australian Honours Search Facility, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Dr Peter Darcy TANNOCK, AM". Australian Honours Search Facility, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Professor Peter Darcy TANNOCK". Australian Honours Search Facility, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ Law, Peter (2 September 2020). "Former State sports minister Graham Edwards adds to outrage over WA Football Commission". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ Duffield, Mark (5 March 2011). "Leave AFL licences in WA hands: Tannock". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024.


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