# Peter Marker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Marker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Marker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marker > Source revision: 1350638649 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Peter Marker | image = | fullname = Peter Marker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = [Rostrevor College](/source/Rostrevor_College) | height = | weight = | position = [Half-forward](/source/Half-forward_line) / [Centre](/source/Centre_line_(football)) | statsend = 1978 | years1 = 1967–1978 | club1 = [Glenelg](/source/Glenelg_Tigers) ([SANFL](/source/South_Australian_National_Football_League)) | games_goals1 = 239 (170) | careerhighlights = *[SANFL](/source/South_Australian_National_Football_League) debut with [Glenelg](/source/Glenelg_Tigers) in 1967 *[Glenelg Football Club](/source/Glenelg_Football_Club) Captain 1971-76 *[Glenelg](/source/Glenelg_Tigers) Best & Fairest 1971 *[Glenelg](/source/Glenelg_Tigers) Premiership Captain 1973 *15 [State games](/source/Interstate_matches_in_Australian_Football) for [South Australia](/source/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team) (Captain: 10 games – 1971-73, 1975) *[Glenelg Football Club](/source/Glenelg_Football_Club) Player Life Member *[SANFL](/source/South_Australian_National_Football_League) Player Life Member *[South Australian Football Hall of Fame](/source/South_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame) Inaugural Inductee 2002 }} '''Peter Marker''' (born 21 March 1949) is a former [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football)er who played with and captained [Glenelg](/source/Glenelg_Football_Club) in the [SANFL](/source/South_Australian_National_Football_League) during the late 1960s and 1970s, captaining the Tigers to the 1973 SANFL premiership, in what was the last SANFL Grand Final played at [Adelaide Oval](/source/Adelaide_Oval) until the return of the premiership deciding game in 2014, some 41 years later. ==Playing career== ===Glenelg Tigers=== Mostly playing as a [centreman](/source/Centre_line_(football)) or across [half-forward](/source/Half-forward_line), Marker started his career at Glenelg in 1967. He was appointed captain in 1971 by coach [Neil Kerley](/source/Neil_Kerley) and went on to win Glenelg's 'Best & fairest' award in the same year. Marker remained Glenelg's captain until the end of the 1977 season in a stint which included the 1973 SANFL premiership over [North Adelaide](/source/North_Adelaide_Roosters). Although he never won a [Magarey Medal](/source/Magarey_Medal) he finished a single vote shy in both 1971 and 1975. ===South Australia=== Marker was a regular [South Australian](/source/South_Australia_Australian_rules_football_team) football representative and captained them in 10 of his 15 [interstate games](/source/Interstate_matches_in_Australian_Football). He featured in the [1969 Adelaide Carnival](/source/1969_Adelaide_Carnival), the [1972 Perth Carnival](/source/1972_Perth_Carnival) and the [1975 Knockout Carnival](/source/1975_Knockout_Carnival), the last two as captain. ==Media career== Following his retirement from football, Peter Marker moved into the media where he became a highly respected and regarded sports presenter and football commentator firstly for [Channel 9](/source/NWS_(TV_station)) then [Channel 7](/source/ADS_(TV_station)) and finally [Channel 10](/source/SAS_(TV_station)) in Adelaide. Marker was a regular voice for South Australian football during the 1980s working alongside Ian Day, [Robert Oatey](/source/Robert_Oatey), [Bruce McAvaney](/source/Bruce_McAvaney), Rick Keegan and [Graham Campbell](/source/Graham_Campbell). During this time he called a number of SANFL Grand Final's, including Glenelg's 1985 and 1986 premierships and their 1981, 1982 and 1987 Grand Final losses, as well as hosting various [Magarey Medal](/source/Magarey_Medal) presentations. Peter Marker was also member of the [Network Ten](/source/Network_Ten) television coverage of the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) in Seoul, South Korea. During the mid-1990s he was also a Ch.10 commentator for televised [Adelaide 36ers](/source/Adelaide_36ers) home games at the [Clipsal Powerhouse](/source/Clipsal_Powerhouse) in the [National Basketball League](/source/National_Basketball_League_(Australia)) (NBL) alongside [Mark Aiston](/source/Mark_Aiston). In 2002 he was one of the 113 inaugural inductees into the [South Australian Football Hall of Fame](/source/South_Australian_Football_Hall_of_Fame).[http://www.sanfl.com.au/hall_of_fame/peter_f_j_marker/ SA Football Hall of Fame - Peter F J Marker] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{AustralianFootball | peter+marker/630 }} {{Glenelg Football Club captains}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Marker, Peter}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Glenelg Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Category:Australian television presenters Category:Australian rules football commentators Category:Australian sports commentators Category:South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Marker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Marker?action=history)). 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