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Peter James Metropolis (born 29 June 1944) is a former
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player and administrator. He played 159 games for the
Subiaco Football Club The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAF ...
in the
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(WAFL), including the 1973 premiership, and later served as president of the club.


Biography

Born in
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, Western Australia, Metropolis began his football career at Wembley JFC. He attended Scotch College in
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, playing in the school's football First XVIII. He then went to the
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where he played for the university's football team, winning the colts
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and the senior best and fairest in consecutive seasons, playing mainly as a wingman. Falling into Subiaco's recruitment zone, he made his debut in 1965, and was switched to the centre the next season. Metropolis finished equal with
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in the Outridge Medal, Subiaco's
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, but Gosden was awarded the medal on countback.Where are they now?: Peter Metropolis
– footygoss.com. Written by Ron Head. Published 12 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
Metropolis was selected in WAFL representative sides three times, but was only able to play once – against Tasmania in 1970 – missing out due to a hamstring injury the other times. He served as captain of Subiaco in 1971 and 1972. He stood down in 1973 after Ross Smith was recruited as captain-coach, but still served on the selection committee as one of the most senior players. Metropolis played as a
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in Subiaco's 1973 premiership victory over . He announced his retirement from the club after the game, and was awarded life membership. He was appointed playing coach of Victoria Park in the Sunday Football League (SFL) in 1974. He returned to Subiaco with a part-time role as assistant coach in 1975 under
David Parkin David Alexander Parkin (born 12 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian Natio ...
, but continued playing for Victoria Park until a knee injury forced his retirement in 1976. After his retirement from playing, Metropolis returned to his former junior club, Wembley, as coach, serving in that role for two seasons in which the club finished runner-up and won a premiership. He was appointed reserves coach at Subiaco in 1979, and also served as a runner and selector for the club. After senior coach Peter Burton was sacked midway through the first week of the 1980 season, Metropolis took over for one game, against , which the Lions lost. He was replaced by Ken Armstrong for the rest of the season. In 1991, Metropolis was elected to the committee of Subiaco. He was elected President of the club in 1997, a role in which he served until 2004, presiding over the club's move from
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to
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. He currently serves as a vice-patron of the club,Board, staff and patrons
– sfclions.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
and works as a civil engineering consultant.


Family

Metropolis had two children with his wife Tina: Dayna, who played
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for Western Australia, and
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, who played 114 games for the
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and in the
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(AFL).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Metropolis, Peter 1944 births Australian people of Greek descent Sportspeople of Greek descent Living people People educated at Scotch College, Perth Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Subiaco Football Club administrators Subiaco Football Club players University of Western Australia alumni