Peter Weidemann (23 March 1940 – 15 June 2012) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Collingwood in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
After leaving Collingwood he played and coached many teams in Tasmania, New South Wales and country Victoria. He is the father of former Adelaide footballer
Wayne Weidemann
Wayne Weidemann (born 21 October 1966) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). The “Weed” as he was fondly known as, was a highly underrated ...
.
Weidemann coached Coolamon Football Club in the
South West Football League (New South Wales) The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales.
History
The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area wa ...
in 1964 and 1965, as well as the SWDFL representative side that won the 1964 VCFL Country Championships.
In 1965, Weidemann won the SWDFL best and fairest award, the Gammage Medal.
Notes
External links
Collingwood Forever profile*
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1940 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Dandenong Football Club players
2012 deaths