Peter Gill (born 14 December 1964) is an

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former professional

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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.

Playing career

Gill's position of choice was as a and he could also operate at . Gill played for BRL club Brothers,

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sides the

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for four seasons between 1988-1991 and the

Gold Coast Chargers The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership ...

. In the Super League he played for the London Broncos between 1995 and 1999, and appeared in the

1999 Challenge Cup The 1999 Challenge Cup, known as the Silk Cut Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 98th staging of the Challenge Cup, a European rugby league cup competition. The competition ended with the final on 1 May 1999, which was played at Wembl ...

Final defeat against the

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Accolades

He was awarded the player of the series in the

1988 Panasonic Cup The 1988 Panasonic Cup was the 15th edition of the NSWRL Midweek Cup, a NSWRL-organised national club Rugby League tournament between the leading clubs and representative teams from the NSWRL, the BRL, the CRL and Papua New Guinea. A total ...

while playing with the

and in 1996 he was named in the

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. In 1997 he was again named in the

References

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1964 births Living people Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Brisbane Past Brothers players St. George Dragons players London Broncos players Gold Coast Chargers players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league locks Rugby league second-rows {{Australia-rugbyleague-bio-1960s-stub