# Peter Dimond

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{{Short description|Australia rugby league footballer (1938–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Peter Dimond
|fullname       = Peter James Dimond
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|position       = {{rlp|WG}}
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1938|11|28|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [Dapto](/source/Dapto%2C_New_South_Wales), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), Australia
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2021|04|21|1938|11|28|df=y}}<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1384843234313134081|user=westsmagpies|title=VALE Peter Dimond - Magpie #562 🏳🏴@westsmagpies are saddened to learn of the passing of Magpie Hall of Famer &amp; fo…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
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|club1          = [Dapto](/source/Dapto_Canaries)
|year1start     = 1955
|year1end       = 57
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|club2          = [Western Suburbs](/source/Western_Suburbs_Magpies)
|year2start     = 1958
|year2end       = 67
|appearances2   = 155
|tries2         = 84
|goals2         = 5
|fieldgoals2    = 2
|points2        = 266
|club3          = Souths ([Newcastle](/source/Newcastle_Rugby_League))
|year3start     = 1968
|year3end       = 69
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|club4          = Maitland
|year4start     = 1970
|year4end       = 72
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|teamA          = [NSW Country](/source/Country_New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart     = 1957
|yearAend       = 69
|appearancesA   = 3
|triesA         = 0
|goalsA         = 2
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 4
|teamB          = [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
|yearBstart     = 1958
|yearBend       = 63
|appearancesB   = 4
|triesB         = 5
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 15
|teamC          = [Australia](/source/Australian_Kangaroos)
|yearCstart     = 1958
|yearCend       = 66
|appearancesC   = 10
|triesC         = 3
|goalsC         = 0
|fieldgoalsC    = 0
|pointsC        = 9
|teamD          = [NSW City](/source/City_New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team)
|yearDstart     = 1967
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|appearancesD   = 1
|triesD         = 0
|goalsD         = 0
|fieldgoalsD    = 0
|pointsD        = 0
|source         = <ref>[http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Peter_Dimond.html Rugby League Project]</ref><ref>[http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_Peter-Dimond_2439.aspx Yesterday's Hero]</ref>
|retired        = yes
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| relatives    = [Craig Dimond](/source/Craig_Dimond) (son)<br>[Bobby Dimond](/source/Bobby_Dimond) (brother)
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}}

'''Peter Dimond''' (28 November 1938 – 21 April 2021) was an Australian [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who played his club rugby league for [Western Suburbs](/source/Western_Suburbs_Magpies). Born in [Dapto](/source/Dapto%2C_New_South_Wales), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), he is the younger brother of former [Australian](/source/Australian_Kangaroos) test player and [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_rugby_league_team) representative [Bobby Dimond](/source/Bobby_Dimond). He is also the father of former [Illawarra Steelers](/source/Illawarra_Steelers), [Cronulla Sharks](/source/Cronulla_Sharks) and [Canberra Raiders](/source/Canberra_Raiders) utility [Craig Dimond](/source/Craig_Dimond). Peter was named both in the Western Suburbs Team of the Century and the [Wests Tigers](/source/Wests_Tigers) Team of the Century.

==Playing career==
Dimond was selected at age 14 in a New South Wales schoolboy side in a curtain raiser to the 1952 Australia and New Zealand Test match.

While still a teenager, Dimond was selected to represent [Australia](/source/Australian_Kangaroos) in three test matches against [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team). Peter Dimond joined Western Suburbs in [1958](/source/NSWRFL_season_1958). He played in all four of the club's grand final losses to the great [St. George](/source/St._George_Dragons) side. They lost 20–9 in 1958 with Dimond playing {{rlp|fe}}, 22–0 in 1961, 9–6 in 1962 and 8–3 in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westsmagpies.com.au/the-archives/first-grade-players/|title=Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players|website=Wests Magpies|access-date=17 October 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090901/http://www.westsmagpies.com.au/the-archives/first-grade-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was called up to play on the [Kangaroo tour](/source/Kangaroo_tour) in 1963-64<ref>{{cite web|last=sahof.org.au|title=1963 Kangaroos Team|url=https://sahof.org.au/award-winner/1963-kangaroos-team-rugby-league/|work=Team Sport Australia Award|publisher=Sport Australia Hall of Fame|accessdate=27 September 2020}}</ref> where he played in all six test matches. His tour highlight being his two tries in his country's 50–12 victory at [Station Road](/source/Station_Road%2C_Swinton), [Swinton](/source/Swinton%2C_Greater_Manchester) near [Manchester](/source/Manchester) that was dubbed the 'Swinton Massacre' and it was also the match that secured [the Ashes](/source/Rugby_League_Ashes) for Australia on British soil for the first time. His final appearance in the Australian team came in the third and deciding test match against Great Britain in 1966 when Australia again retained the Ashes. At the time he left the club, Dimond held the record of a total of 83 tries for Western Suburbs. After leaving Western Suburbs he played out the rest of his career for a local [Newcastle](/source/Newcastle%2C_New_South_Wales) team in the early 1970s.

==Accolades==
On Friday 24 September 2004 the Western Suburbs Magpies honoured their greatest ever players by naming their Team of the Century. Dimond was named on the wing.<ref>{{cite web
 |last        = westsmagpies.net
 |title       = Western Suburbs Team of the Century
 |work        = Wests Archives
 |publisher   = Western Suburbs Magpies R.L.F.C.
 |year        = 2008
 |url         = http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/wests_totc.php
 |accessdate  = 2009-11-28
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081021024335/http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/wests_totc.php
 |archivedate = 21 October 2008}}</ref> In 2008 the Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated their centenary by inducting six inaugural members into the club's Hall of Fame. These six included Dimond.<ref>{{cite web
 |last        = westsmagpies.net
 |title       = Western Suburbs Magpies Hall of Fame
 |work        = Wests Archives
 |publisher   = Western Suburbs Magpies R.L.F.C.
 |year        = 2008
 |url         = http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/wests_halloffame.php
 |accessdate  = 2009-11-28
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081014054601/http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/wests_halloffame.php
 |archivedate = 14 October 2008}}</ref>

In 2010 Dimond was named in a South Newcastle Team of the century.<ref>{{cite news|last=Leeson|first=John|title=Souths honour greatest players|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=516EB49CB8ADFDCFFCD0D0216132BDFF?Page=1&docID=NCH1006149B1EH5SM7PT|accessdate=30 December 2011|newspaper=[The Newcastle Herald](/source/The_Newcastle_Herald)|date=14 June 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071005030436/http://www.eraofthebiff.com/p25a.html Peter Dimond at eraofthebiff.com]
*[https://archive.today/20080820123136/http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives Peter Dimond at Wests Archives]

{{1963-64 Kangaroo Tour squad}}
{{Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dimond, Peter}}
Category:1938 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:City New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Country New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Dapto Canaries players
Category:Maitland Pickers players
Category:New South Wales rugby league team players
Category:Rugby league players from Wollongong
Category:Rugby league wingers
Category:South Newcastle Lions players
Category:Western Suburbs Magpies players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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