Peter Vardy (footballer)

Peter Vardy (born 26 January 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Adelaide Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Peter Vardy
Personal information
Full name	Peter Vardy
Date of birth	(1976-01-26) 26 January 1976
Original team(s)	Central District (SANFL)
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996–2001	Adelaide	096 (150)
2002–2004	Melbourne	041 0(56)
Total		137 (206)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player (1998) AFL Rising Star nominee (1997)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A small forward, Vardy started his career at Adelaide where he was an AFL Rising Star nominee in 1997. A key member on the forward flank for the team, he broke his collarbone in the semi-final against Geelong, but managed to kick an extremely important goal in the process while riding a rough collision. This meant he was unable to participate in the last two finals of the Crows' first premiership. The following season he enjoyed another stellar year, accumulating 44 goals and being involved a premiership as the Crows won another premiership, kicking two goals from the wing in the grand final.

Vardy established himself as one of the league's most dangerous running forwards with regular consistent performances, however he fell out of favour with then-Adelaide coach Gary Ayres and at the end of 2001 was traded to Melbourne for draft pick number 56.

Playing statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1996	Adelaide	30	7	5	4	53	18	71	18	8	0.7	0.6	7.6	2.6	10.1	2.6	1.1
1997	Adelaide	30	24	28	21	216	90	306	74	39	1.2	0.9	9.0	3.8	12.8	3.1	1.6
1998	Adelaide	30	18	44	23	163	67	230	58	32	2.4	1.3	9.1	3.7	12.8	3.2	1.8
1999	Adelaide	30	11	16	13	88	35	123	41	6	1.5	1.2	8.0	3.2	11.2	3.7	0.5
2000	Adelaide	30	20	39	17	140	58	198	52	19	2.0	0.9	7.0	2.9	9.9	2.6	1.0
2001	Adelaide	30	16	18	21	121	46	167	52	28	1.1	1.3	7.6	2.9	10.4	3.3	1.8
2002	Melbourne	19	21	39	31	151	72	223	77	32	1.9	1.5	7.2	3.4	10.6	3.7	1.5
2003	Melbourne	19	9	5	9	43	40	83	22	18	0.6	1.0	4.8	4.4	9.2	2.4	2.0
2004	Melbourne	19	11	12	16	70	36	106	35	14	1.1	1.5	6.4	3.3	9.6	3.2	1.3
Career			137	206	155	1045	462	1507	429	196	1.5	1.1	7.6	3.4	11.0	3.1	1.4

External links

• Peter Vardy's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Demonwiki profile