About Peter Obst
Lived 1937 – 2017 (aged 79–80). Peter Obst was an Australian australian rules football player.
Peter Kenneth Obst (1937–2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide and Woodville in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). During his time at Port Adelaide he was a member of the club's record six premierships in a row, winning the club's best and fairest in the fifth premiership year during 1962. He left Port Adelaide in 1965 to take up a coaching offer at Woodville where he stayed for three years, winning that club's leading goal-kicker award in 1967. He returned to Port Adelaide for the last two years of his playing career.
Post-playing he worked as a football commentator for the ABC.
His father Ken Obst, brother Trevor Obst and son Andrew Obst were also accomplished footballers.
He died on 11 May 2017, aged 80.
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Who was Peter Obst?
Australian rules footballer
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Peter Obst was born in 1937.
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Peter Obst died on 11 May 2017.
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Peter Obst was an australian rules football player.
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Peter Obst was Australian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Peter Obst. https://biography.guide/peter-obst/
MLA: "Peter Obst." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/peter-obst/.
Chicago: "Peter Obst." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/peter-obst/.
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