Peter Kenneth Obst (1937–2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played with

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and Woodville in the

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(SANFL). During his time at Port Adelaide he was a member of the club's record six premierships in a row, winning the club's

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in the fifth premiership year during 1962. He left Port Adelaide in 1965 to take up a coaching offer at Woodville where he stayed for three years, winning that club's leading goal-kicker award in 1967. He returned to Port Adelaide for the last two years of his playing career. Post-playing he worked as a football commentator for the

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. His father

Ken Obst Ken Obst was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Austr ...

, brother

Trevor Obst Trevor Obst (21 June 1940 – 1 December 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. Nicknamed "Bubbles", Obst was a back pock ...

and son

Andrew Obst Andrew Obst (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Por ...

were also accomplished footballers. He died on 11 May 2017, aged 80.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Obst, Peter 1937 births 2017 deaths Australian rules footballers from South Australia Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Woodville Football Club players Woodville Football Club coaches