Paul Peos

Infobox afl player


firstname = Paul
lastname = Peos


birthdate = 28 January 1968
birthplace =
originalteam = East Perth Football Club
heightweight =
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 1, March 19 1987
debutteam = West Coast Eagles
debutopponent = Richmond Tigers
debutstadium = Subiaco Oval
playingteams = West Coast Eagles (1987 - 1992, 1995)

55 games, 24 goals

Brisbane Bears (1993 - 1994)

33 games, 40 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 1995
careerhighlights =

*Inaugural West Coast Eagles squad member.
*East Perth Football Club's best and fairest 1996
*QAFL Premiership side with Morningside 1993
*50th AFL game v Sydney Swans 12th July 1992

Paul Peos (born 28 January 1968) is a former Australian Rules Footballer who played for West Coast Eagles and the Brisbane Bears (now lions) in the Australian Football League, and East Perth in the West Australian Football League.

He was one of the outstanding schoolboy players of his time, and was recruited from East Perth as part of the inaugural West Coast Eagles squad in 1987. He lined up in West Coast's first ever AFL game against the Richmond Tigers on 29 March 1987, and had the first kick for his team, in a match won by West Coast 20.13.(133) to 16.23(119). [cite news|url=http://westcoasteagles.com.au/Eagles/TheClub/History/1987InauguralTeam/tabid/7285/Default.aspx|title=1987 Inaugural Team|publisher=West Coast Eagles Official Website] He played 11 games that season, and another 11 in 1988. He played his 50th game for West Coast against the Sydney Swans in 1992. After playing just 29 games in 4 seasons from 1989 to 1992, he was traded to the Brisbane Bears for draft pick number 21. [cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=2235|title=1992 - West Coast Eagles|publisher=AFL.com.au|date=January 22, 2002]

He played with Brisbane for 2 seasons, playing 33 games in 2 seasons scoring a total of 40 goals, because heading back to play for East Perth. He nominated for the pre-season draft in 1995, and was picked up by his former club the West Coast Eagles, playing just the 4 games that year. He finished his AFL career with 88 games and 64 goals. He continued playing for East Perth, and played a total of 121 games and scoring 59 goals. He became the stand-in East Perth coach in the latter part of 2006, nurturing talent such as Matthew Leuenberger. In 2007, he also took up a position as head of football coaching at Hale School. [cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,20732172-23211,00.html?from=public_rss|title=Leuenberger a prime target|publisher=Fox Sports Australia|date=November 10, 2006] [cite news|url=http://www.australianrules.com.au/2007stories/wafllaunch2007.html|title=The WAFL shapes up for 2007|publisher=Australianrules.com.au|date=March 22, 2006]

References

External links

* [http://westcoasteagles.com.au/TheClub/Players/PlayerProfile/tabid/7302/playerId/15744/teamId/35/typeId/3/Default.aspx West Coast Eagles Player Profile]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/P/Paul_Peos.html Paul Peos AFL stats]