Peter Marker (born 21 March 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with and captained Glenelg in the

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during the late 1960s and 1970s, captaining the Tigers to the 1973 SANFL premiership, in what was the last SANFL Grand Final played at

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until the return of the premiership deciding game in 2014, some 41 years later.

Playing career

Glenelg Tigers

Mostly playing as a

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or across

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, Marker started his career at Glenelg in 1967. He was appointed captain in 1971 by coach

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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

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. Although he never won a

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he finished a single vote shy in both 1971 and 1975.

South Australia

Marker was a regular

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football representative and captained them in 10 of his 15 interstate games. He featured in the

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, the 1972 Perth Carnival and the 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 then Channel 7 and finally Channel 10 in Adelaide. Marker was a regular voice for South Australian football during the 1980s working alongside Ian Day, Robert Oatey, Bruce McAvaney, Rick Keegan and 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

presentations. Peter Marker was also member of the

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television coverage of the

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. During the mid-1990s he was also a Ch.10 commentator for televised

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home games at the Clipsal Powerhouse in the National Basketball League (NBL) alongside Mark Aiston. In 2002 he was one of the 113 inaugural inductees into the

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.SA Football Hall of Fame - Peter F J Marker
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marker, Peter 1949 births Living people Glenelg Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Australian television presenters Australian rules football commentators Sports commentators South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees