Carl Peterson (Australian footballer)

Carl Peterson (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, who formerly played in the Australian Football League (AFL) with the Hawthorn Football Club.

Carl Peterson
Personal information
Full name Carl Peterson
Date of birth (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987
Place of birth Meekatharra, Western Australia
Original team(s) Claremont
Draft 60th overall, 2006 AFL Draft
61st overall, 2010 Rookie Draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007 Richmond 0 (0)
2010 Hawthorn 17 (13)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2010.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peterson was born in Meekatharra, Western Australia and moved to Kununurra when he was two, before moving to Perth to finish Year 12, where he trained and played football with the Clontarf Football Academy. He was then recruited by Claremont Football Club in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL).[1] He played five games for Claremont in 2006, including two finals.[2]

Peterson was originally drafted by Richmond in the 2006 AFL Draft. He was a fourth round pick, number 60 overall, but he was delisted by the Tigers at the end of the 2007 season without playing a game. Following this, he joined Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) club St Mary's and was in the Saints' 2007/08 premiership side. He was then redrafted into the AFL by Hawthorn with the 61st overall of the 2009 Rookie Draft.[3]

He made his AFL debut in the opening round of the 2010 AFL season and performed well, kicking a goal and gathering 15 disposals in the first half before copping a heavy knock early in the second half.[4] He played seventeen games for Hawthorn, all in 2010.

In 2012, Peterson signed to play for the Victorian Football League's Northern Blues.[5]

Notes
  1. Carl gets drafted
  2. WAFL Profile Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jurrah is Demons' number one gun
  4. Carl Peterson's journey ends in a dream
  5. Landsberger, Sam (13 February 2011). "Blues appoint dual-captains". Herald Sun. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
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