Paul Peos
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| Birth | January 28, 1968, |
| Recruited from | East Perth Football Club |
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| Debut | Round 1, March 19 1987, West Coast Eagles vs. Richmond Tigers, at Subiaco Oval |
| Team(s) | West Coast Eagles (1987 - 1992, 1995)
55 games, 24 goals Brisbane Bears (1993 - 1994) 33 games, 40 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 1995 season | |
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Paul Peos (Born January 28, 1968) is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played for West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears (now lions) in the Australian Football League, and East Perth in the West Australian Football League.
He was one of the outstanding schoolboy players of his time, and was recruited from East Perth as part of the inaugural West Coast Eagles squad in 1987. He lined up in West Coast's first ever AFL game against the Richmond Tigers on March 29, 1987, and had the first kick for his team, in a match won by West Coast 20.13.(133) to 16.23(119). [1] He played 11 games that season, and another 11 in 1988. He played his 50th game for West Coast against the Sydney Swans in 1992. After playing just 29 games in 4 seasons from 1989 to 1992, he was traded to the Brisbane Bears for draft pick number 21. [2]
He played with Brisbane for 2 seasons, playing 33 games in 2 seasons scoring a total of 40 goals, because heading back to play for East Perth. He nominated for the pre-season draft in 1995, and was picked up by his former club the West Coast Eagles, playing just the 4 games that year. He finished his AFL career with 88 games and 64 goals. He continued playing for East Perth, and played a total of 121 games and scoring 59 goals. He became the stand-in East Perth coach in the latter part of 2006, nurturing talent such as Matthew Leuenberger. In 2007, he also took up a position as head of football coaching at Hale School.[3] [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "1987 Inaugural Team", West Coast Eagles Official Website.
- ^ "1992 - West Coast Eagles", AFL.com.au, January 22, 2002.
- ^ "Leuenberger a prime target", Fox Sports Australia, November 10, 2006.
- ^ "The WAFL shapes up for 2007", Australianrules.com.au, March 22, 2006.
