peter motley
who is peter motley...well he is a S.A.N.F.L football player..i remember watching him play many times he was amazing gifted player for team STURT football club..then he was drafted to carlton.never really saw him play at his best there but ....where is he now ..he survide the crash inspireing story ..i am a huge fan of this person ..having seen him play very sad that he lost his talent ..and what would have beenand this was three years ago
tragedy....i meet him a few years later not in perso but close enough to here what he was saying .....peter was nown for taking some awe sum MARKS
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No idea who he is,
assume he is dead! RIP.
So many greats have
passed away in tragic
circumstances.
I just saw the crash
and you know what
assumption does!
Yikes.
Motley, the son of former Port Adelaide premiership star Geof Motley, made his league debut for Sturt in 1982 and played 92 games for the Double Blues until 1985. His breakout season was 1983 when he played both at Centre half-forward and Centre half-back for Sturt and helped them to the SANFL Grand Final against West Adelaide. Unfortunately for Motley and Sturt the Double Blues went down to the Bloods 16.12 (108) to 21.16 (142).
At only 18 years of age Peter Motley also made the first of six state games for South Australia at half-forward against Victoria at Football Park in 1983 in what was the Croweaters first win over the Big V in Adelaide since 1965. Motley also won Sturt's Best and Fairests awards in 1984 and 1985 and was named an All-Australian in 1985.
Recruited by Carlton, Motley played 19 matches for the Blues. He made his VFL debut in Round 2 of the 1986 VFL season against Richmond at Princes Park and went on to play 13 games for the Blues, including the Grand Final defeat against Hawthorn. Motley played in 6 games of the 1987 season before a serious car crash ended his football career at the age of just 22.
Such was Motley's impact in his 95 games for Sturt between 1982 and 1985 that he was named on the wing in Sturt's Team of the Century.