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Peter Everitt
Personal information
Full name Peter Everitt
Date of birth (1974-05-03)3 May 1974(age 50)
Original team(s) Hastings, Victoria
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1993–2002 St Kilda 180 (300)
2003–2006 Hawthorn 0720(67)
2007–2008 Sydney Swans 0390(16)
Total 291 (383)
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com

Peter"Spida"Everitt(born 3 May 1974) is a formerAustralian rules footballerwho played for theSt Kilda Football Club,Hawthorn Football ClubandSydney Swansin theAustralian Football League(AFL). He played for St Kilda from 1993 to 2002, Hawthorn from 2003 to 2006, and Sydney in 2007 and 2008. He finished his career having played 291 games in the AFL. Since retiring from football he has worked in the media.

Early life[edit]

Everitt was born on theMornington Peninsula.For part of his childhood, he resided inWantirna.

Career[edit]

St Kilda[edit]

Making his debut forSt Kildain 1993, the then dreadlocked Everitt became one of the Saints' best ruckmen.

Everitt played in St Kilda's1996 pre-season Cupwinning side.[1]

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'ssecond Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy.[2]He wonAll-Australianselection in 1997, but he suffered a collarbone injury late in the year, missing theGrand Final.[3]He again wonAll-Australianselection in 1998.

Hawthorn career[edit]

At the end of 2002, Everitt was traded toHawthorn,and he became one of the premier tap ruckmen in the competition, winningAll-Australianselection in 2005. He was traded to theSydney Swansfor the 2007 season.

In September 2006, it was announced that Everitt would not be playing for the Hawks in 2007. Hawthorn coachAlastair Clarksonsaid 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.[4]

Sydney career[edit]

Consequently, on 13 October 2006, Everitt was traded to theSydney Swansin the final minutes of trade week in return for draft pick 33.[5]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.[6]

Everitt spent two seasons at the Swans before retiring after the Swans' semi-finals defeat in 2008.

Statistics[edit]

[7]
Legend
G
 Goals
K
 Kicks
D
 Disposals
T
 Tackles
B
 Behinds
H
 Handballs
M
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Led the league for the season only
Led the league after season and finals
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
1993 St Kilda 10 13 16 14 112 54 166 54 6 122 1.2 1.1 8.6 4.2 12.8 4.2 0.5 9.4
1994 St Kilda 10 18 13 6 75 36 111 39 8 57 0.7 0.3 4.2 2.0 2.2 0.4 3.2 6.2
1995 St Kilda 10 18 32 20 143 56 199 92 9 115 1.8 1.1 7.9 3.1 11.1 5.1 0.5 6.4
1996 St Kilda 10 19 41 23 152 76 228 101 16 139 2.2 1.2 8.0 4.0 12.0 5.3 0.8 7.3
1997 St Kilda 10 23 44 25 256 90 346 135 23 302 1.9 1.1 11.1 3.9 15.0 5.9 1.0 13.1
1998 St Kilda 10 24 45 32 300 111 411 163 22 433 1.9 1.3 12.5 4.6 17.1 6.8 0.9 18.0
1999 St Kilda 10 17 22 21 166 58 224 101 16 347 1.3 1.2 9.8 3.4 13.2 5.9 0.9 20.4
2000 St Kilda 10 15 40 18 129 47 176 74 15 186 2.7 1.2 8.6 3.1 11.7 4.9 1.0 12.4
2001 St Kilda 10 21 30 24 201 64 265 98 32 569 1.4 1.1 9.6 3.0 12.6 4.7 1.5 27.1
2002 St Kilda 10 12 16 10 96 36 132 52 18 264 1.3 0.8 8.0 3.0 11.0 4.3 1.5 22.0
2003 Hawthorn 1 14 17 7 130 44 174 67 24 330 1.2 0.5 9.3 3.1 12.4 4.8 1.7 23.6
2004 Hawthorn 1 22 28 11 203 90 293 99 43 628 1.3 0.5 9.2 4.1 13.3 4.5 2.0 28.5
2005 Hawthorn 1 22 17 15 261 121 382 123 46 556 0.8 0.7 11.9 5.5 17.4 5.6 2.1 25.3
2006 Hawthorn 1 14 5 3 114 54 168 58 25 309 0.4 0.2 8.1 3.9 12.0 4.1 1.8 22.1
2007 Sydney Swans 10 23 15 9 178 78 256 93 18 405 0.7 0.4 7.7 3.4 11.1 4.0 0.8 17.6
2008 Sydney Swans 10 16 2 4 92 45 137 41 20 199 0.1 0.3 5.8 2.8 8.6 2.6 1.3 12.4
Career 291 383 242 2608 1060 3668 1390 341 4961 1.3 0.8 9.0 3.6 12.6 4.8 1.2 17.0

Media career[edit]

Everitt co-hosts the number 1 Breakfast Radio Show at Triple M on theGold Coast2022 is his 11th year. He was formerly a member ofThe Home Straightradio show which aired Friday evenings on Gold 92.5 amongst other regional radio stations across Australia until 2012. He is also an AFL commentator on radio withTriple M.

Everitt and his wife Sheree also own the travel TV showThe Great Australian Doorstep,in which they travel around Australia and the world by motorhome filming smaller towns with what to see and do.[8]It airs on7twoin Australia as well as on the iTunes store, and is the only Australian travel TV show to air in mainland China.[citation needed]They also own their travel radio show of the same name, which airs on 62Triple Mstations around Australia on a Saturday and Sunday morning.

He also competed in the9th seasonofDancing with the Starsand was the first competitor to be eliminated.

Personal life[edit]

On 12 January 2008, Everitt married partner of seven years Sheree in New Zealand. Everitt has three daughters and a son.[9]

His younger brother,Andrejs Everitt,played 131 games at the Western Bulldogs, Sydney Swans and Carlton between 2007 and 2016. In 2022, his son Boston is part of the St Kilda Football ClubFather–Son Programme.[10]

Racism incidents[edit]

Everitt was first publicly exposed for hisracist tauntsafter he racially vilified aboriginal playerMichael Long,an Essendon andAFL Hall of Famer,in 1997.[11][12]

During a game against Melbourne in Round 2, 1999, Everitt racially vilifiedScott Chisolm.Everitt admitted he "probably crossed a line" and voluntarily stood down for four weeks and undertook a racial awareness training program as well as donating $20,000 to a charity of Chisolm's choice. In addition, Everitt lost $50,000–$60,000 in match bonuses (depending on sources) from the incident.[13][14][15][16]The incident came a week afterSam Newmaninfamously donnedblackfaceto mockNicky Winmarfor declining to come onThe Footy Show.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^"AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final – St Kilda v Carlton".Slattery Media Group.23 March 1996. Archived fromthe originalon 16 July 2011.Retrieved7 November2009.
  2. ^"1997 Season Scores and Results – Ladder".AFL Tables.Retrieved7 November2009.
  3. ^Tugwelll, Nikki (7 September 2007)."Jolly good future at Swans".Fox Sports Australia.News Corp.Retrieved24 October2009.
  4. ^Michael Cowley, Michael (6 September 2006)."Age no deterrent to signing ruckman Everitt, says Roos".The Sydney Morning Herald.Fairfax Media.Retrieved24 October2009.
  5. ^"Spida pleased with move north".ABC News.Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved24 October2009.
  6. ^Robinson, Mark (13 October 2006)."Hawthorn digs in, Spida fumes".Herald Sun.News Corp.Retrieved24 October2009.
  7. ^Peter Everitt's player profile at AFL Tables
  8. ^McFarlane, Glenn (21 March 2009)."Peter Everitt wants to erase a dirty memory".Sunday Herald Sun.News Corp.Retrieved24 October2009.
  9. ^Palmer, Scot (13 January 2008)."Peter" Spida "Everitt marries".PerthNow.News Corp.Retrieved24 October2009.
  10. ^Saints add son of club great to Next Generation Academy,Zero Hanger, 24 Jan 2022
  11. ^"McNamara, Lawrence ---" Tackling Racial Hatred: Conciliation, Reconciliation and Football "[2000] AUJlHRights 18; (2000) 6(2) Australian Journal of Human Rights 5".classic.austlii.edu.au.Retrieved17 April2023.
  12. ^1997 discussion around racism. AFL. Wayne Jackson, Leigh Matthews, Talking Footy.,retrieved17 April2023
  13. ^McFarlane, Glenn (21 March 2009)."Peter Everitt wants to erase a dirty memory".Sunday Herald Sun.News Corp.Retrieved24 October2009.
  14. ^"Infamous AFL racism incidents".The Age.11 April 2017.Retrieved17 April2023.
  15. ^"Everitt accuses Murphy of attempting to incite racism".The Age.26 July 2002.Retrieved17 April2023.
  16. ^"McNamara, Lawrence ---" Tackling Racial Hatred: Conciliation, Reconciliation and Football "[2000] AUJlHRights 18; (2000) 6(2) Australian Journal of Human Rights 5".classic.austlii.edu.au.Retrieved17 April2023.
  17. ^"Australian rules: Racism backfires on St Kilda player".The Independent.9 April 1999.Retrieved17 April2023.

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