Peter Featherby

Peter Featherby (born 12 December 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer. He began his senior career with Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), but he also played with two Victorian Football League (VFL) clubs.

Peter Featherby
Personal information
Date of birth	(1951-12-12) 12 December 1951 (age 73)
Original team(s)	Wembley (WAAFL)
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1970–74, 1977–79, 1984–88	Subiaco	196 (181)[1]
1975–76	Footscray	042 (15)
1979–83	Geelong	093 (79)
Total		331 (275)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1973-1980	Western Australia	14 (7)
1980	Victoria	0 1
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Career highlights
Geelong best and fairest: 1981 Simpson Medal, WA vs South Australia: 1973 Subiaco Premierships: 1973, 1986; Subiaco best and fairest: 1976, 1977 West Australian Football Hall of Fame, inducted 2007
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Featherby's first stint in the VFL was with the Footscray Football Club, where he lasted only two seasons before moving back to Subiaco.

Geelong encouraged him to return to the VFL in 1979 he moved to the club and won the Carji Greeves Medal in 1981. A prolific ball-winner, he had the second highest confirmed possession game of all time, gathering 43 kicks, 8 handballs and 12 marks against Melbourne in round 16, 1981.^[2] Other unconfirmed reports say Featherby amassed 55 possessions for Footscray in 1975 and 56 against Fitzroy in 1983. Featherby left VFL football in 1983, but continued to play for Subiaco for the next five seasons, including in their 1986 premiership side, 13 years after his first premiership.

He also played 15 interstate matches, 14 for Western Australia and one for Victoria in 1980.^[3] He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame and named as Subiaco's Legend in 2007.^[4]