Peter Thorne (Australian footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Peter Thorne
Personal information
Full name	Peter Thorne
Date of birth	(1960-01-24) 24 January 1960 (age 64)
Original team(s)	Melbourne U-19s
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1978–79, 1984	Melbourne	26 (35)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 1984.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Thorne (born 24 January 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Thorne did not make much of an impact in his first two league seasons but did kick a six-goal haul in a win over South Melbourne at the MCG. He spent the next four years at East Perth before returning to Melbourne for the 1984 VFL season. Amongst his 17 goals for the year was a bag of seven against Footscray, with his teammate Kelvin Templeton contributing eight.

Back in Western Australia, Thorne played at Claremont and was a member of their 1987 premiership team. His performance in the WAFL Grand Final earned him the first of two Simpson Medals. The other came in a 1988 interstate match, against the Victorian Football Association.

Subiaco signed him on as their senior coach in 1997 and despite steering the club to the 1998 Preliminary Finals, he was replaced as coach in 1999.

Thorne became a biology teacher at Christ Church Grammar School in 1995, currently teaching for 24 years.

References

"Peter Thorne, Hill Head of House and Biology Teacher". Christ Church Grammar School. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.

Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

Peter Thorne's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Simpson Medal winners
WAFL Grand Finals	1945: Ebbs 1946: Loughridge 1947: Eriksson 1948: Ingraham 1949: Larcombe 1950: Lewington 1951: Porter 1952: Kelly 1953: Marsh 1954: Tyson 1955: M. McIntosh 1956: Parentich 1957: Conway 1958: Bull 1959: Farmer 1960: Foley 1961: Slater 1962: Sorrell 1963: Bagley 1964: Rogers 1965: Imrie 1966: Cable 1967: Cable 1968: Cable 1969: Dempsey 1970: Ciccotosto 1971: Sheridan 1972: McAullay 1973: Blair 1974: Gibellini/Pretty 1975: Whinnen 1976: Day 1977: Rosbender 1978: Miller 1979: K. Taylor 1980: Rioli 1981: Shaw/Rioli 1982: Melrose 1983: Shine 1984: Kimberley 1985: B. Taylor 1986: Zanotti 1987: Thorne 1988: Lee 1989: Allan 1990: Walker 1991: Kickett 1992: Browning 1993: Kickett 1994: Amaranti 1995: Harris 1996: Ridley 1997: Hynes 1998: Bromage 1999: Kelly 2000: Cox 2001: Turnbull 2002: Turnbull 2003: LeCras 2004: Vines 2005: McGrath 2006: Webb 2007: B. Smith 2008: Hall 2009: Hams 2010: Krakouer 2011: Wilkes 2012: Medhurst 2013: Hutchings 2014: Bristow 2015: Boland 2016: Blakely 2017: Ryan 2018: Horsley 2019: Sokol 2020: Bolton 2021: Clark 2022: Meadows 2023: Murdoch 2024: Erasmus
Interstate Rep. Matches	1948: Curran (VIC) 1949: Heal (WA) 1951: Buttsworth (WA) 1952: M. McIntosh (WA) 1954: Harper (WA) 1955: Williams (SA) 1956: Farmer (WA)/Goldsmith (VIC) 1957: Whitten (VIC) 1958: Farmer (WA) 1959: Watts (WA) 1960: Aylett (VIC) 1962: Sorrell (WA)/Harper (WA) 1963: Sarre (WA) 1964: Shearman (SA) 1965: Murray (WA)/Spargo (WA) 1967: Walker (WA) 1968: Nicholls (VIC) 1970: Stiles (WA) 1971: Knights (VIC) 1973: Featherby (WA) 1974: Alexander (WA) 1975: Magro (WA) 1976: Elliott (WA) 1977: Moss (WA)/James (SA)/Cable (WA) 1978: Knights (VIC) 1979: Cornes (SA) 1981: Beasley (WA)/Buckenara (WA)/Krakouer (WA) 1982: Browning (WA)/K. Taylor (WA) 1983: Michael (WA)/Rioli (WA) 1984: Hardie (WA) 1985: Bradley (SA)/Weightman (VIC) 1986: Hardie (WA) 1987: McDermott (SA)/Bews (VIC) 1988: Allan (WA)/Thorne (WA)/Healy (VIC) 1989: Dunstall (VIC) 1990: Madden (VIC)/Allan (WA) 1991: Harding (WA)/Retzlaff (WA) 1993: Atkins (WA) 1994: Symmons (WA) 1995: Treleven (WA) 1996: Snow (WA) 1997: Dorotich (WA) 1998: Irving (WA) 1999: Tregenza (WA) 2000: Campbell (WA) 2002: Johnson (WA) 2003: Webster (WA) 2004: Bossong (WA) 2005: Priddis (WA) 2006: Hayes (WA) 2007: Hay (WA) 2008: Richardson (WA) 2009: LeCras (WA) 2010: Blackwell (WA) 2011: J. Smith (WA) 2012: Johnson (WA) 2013: Twomey (WA) 2014: Hams (WA) 2015: Davis (WA) 2016: Bolton (WA) 2017: Saunders (WA) 2018: Bolton (WA) 2019: Deluca (WA) 2021: Bolton (WA) 2022: Kitchin (WA)
Interstate Carnivals/Tours	1950: Maffina 1953: M. McIntosh 1961: Gabelich 1964: Chadwick 1966: J. McIntosh 1969: Cable/Farmer 1972: McAullay 1988: Lamb
Interstate Club Matches	1946: Richards (Coll) (East Frem v Collingwood) 1947: Jenkins (SF) (South Frem v Essendon)

v t e Western Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships
Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983 Western Australia 16.22 (118) defeated Victoria 16.19 (115), at Subiaco Oval, 12 July 1983
Both games	Blackwell Cronan Harding Langsford Michael (c) Ralph Rance Solin
State game vs. South Australia	Aitken Edwards Ellis Fong Goulding Holden Ironmonger Magro Mitchell Narkle Panizza Roe Thorne
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Barrett Boucher Bosustow Buckenara Buhagiar Glendinning Malarkey Purser Richardson Rioli Sidebottom Taylor
Coach: Todd

v t e Western Australian team – 1987 Interstate Championships
South Australia 18.16 (124) defeated Western Australia 9.9 (63), at WACA, 16 June 1987 Victoria 16.20 (116) defeated Western Australia 13.14 (92), at Subiaco Oval, 22 July 1987
Both games	Breman
State game vs. South Australia	Bewick Browning Campbell Cocker Goulding Hetherington Hutton Kickett Lee McKenna Menaglio Morton Peake (c) Rowland Thorne Turley Wake Waterson Watson Wilkinson
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Bairstow Brennan Dennis Dorotich Duckworth Hardie Harding Hart Henwood Holden Ishchenko Keene Krakouer Lester-Smith Mainwaring Malaxos Mitchell Narkle Rance Rioli (c) Wilson
Coach: Todd

v t e Coaches of the Subiaco Football Club
1912: Scaddan 1913–1914: Matson 1915–1916: Leckie 1917–1922: Steele 1923: Outridge 1924–1926: Cain 1927: Gravenall 1928–1929: Robinson 1930–1934: Green 1935–1937: Murphy 1938–1939: Bunton Sr 1939: Shea 1940: Green 1941: Bunton Sr 1942–1944: Brophy 1945: Parry 1946: Murphy 1947: Parry 1948–1949: Williams 1950–1952: Sweet 1953: Newton 1954–1955: Strang 1956–1960: Tyson 1961: Murray 1962–1963: Cuzens 1963: Browning 1964–1966: Slater 1967: Killigrew 1968–1972: Bunton Jr 1973–1974: Smith 1975: Parkin 1976: Ensor 1977–1978: Douge 1979: Burton 1980–1982: Armstrong 1983: Daniel 1983: Fairclough 1984–1992: Bunton Jr 1993–1994: Solin 1995–1996: Buckenara 1997–1998: Thorne 1999–2002: Sparks 2003–2006: German 2007–2009: Watters 2010–2012: Waterman 2013–2018: Schofield 2019–: Wardman

Coaches of the Subiaco Football Club

1912: Scaddan
1913–1914: Matson
1915–1916: Leckie
1917–1922: Steele
1923: Outridge
1924–1926: Cain
1927: Gravenall
1928–1929: Robinson
1930–1934: Green
1935–1937: Murphy
1938–1939: Bunton Sr
1939: Shea
1940: Green
1941: Bunton Sr
1942–1944: Brophy
1945: Parry
1946: Murphy
1947: Parry
1948–1949: Williams
1950–1952: Sweet
1953: Newton
1954–1955: Strang
1956–1960: Tyson
1961: Murray
1962–1963: Cuzens
1963: Browning
1964–1966: Slater
1967: Killigrew
1968–1972: Bunton Jr
1973–1974: Smith
1975: Parkin
1976: Ensor
1977–1978: Douge
1979: Burton
1980–1982: Armstrong
1983: Daniel
1983: Fairclough
1984–1992: Bunton Jr
1993–1994: Solin
1995–1996: Buckenara
1997–1998: Thorne
1999–2002: Sparks
2003–2006: German
2007–2009: Watters
2010–2012: Waterman
2013–2018: Schofield
2019–: Wardman

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