Carl Peterson (born 3 July 1987) is a former

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player with the

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in the

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. Peterson was also listed with the

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but did not play a game. Peterson was born in Meekatharra, Western Australia, and moved to Kununurra when he was two before moving to

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to complete high school, where he trained and played football with the Clontarf Football Academy. Recruited by

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(WAFL) club Claremont,Carl gets drafted
/ref> Peterson played five games for Claremont in 2006, including two finals. His form for Claremont convinced

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to draft Peterson in the 2006 AFL Draft, with pick number 60. Richmond delisted Peterson at the end of the 2007 season without playing a game, and he joined

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(NTFL) club St Mary's and was in the Saints' 2007/08 premiership side. He was then drafted by with pick 61 of the 2009 Rookie Draft. Peterson made his AFL debut in the opening round of the

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and performed well, kicking a goal and gathering 15 disposals in the first half before copping a heavy knock early in the second half. He played seventeen games for Hawthorn, all in 2010. In 2012, Peterson signed to play for the

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Northern Blues The Northern Bullants are a semi-professional Australian rules football club that currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club, which is based in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, plays its home games at Preston City Ov ...

. He spent the previous year (2011) playing for Old Carey in the

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. More recently, Peterson played for the Perth Football League team SNESA.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peterson, Carl Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Claremont Football Club players St Mary's Football Club (NTFL) players Northern Bullants players 1987 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia People from Meekatharra, Western Australia People from the Kimberley (Western Australia) Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Darwin Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen