Peter Spencer

Who is Peter Spencer?

Peter Spencer is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the East Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League and Kangaroos in the Victorian Football League. He is a dual Sandover Medallist, winning the award in 1976 and 1984 and a triple F. D. Book Medallist, winning the award in 1975, 1976 and 1984.

He played for Western Australia in the 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival, before moving to Victoria to play for the Kangaroos in 1981 and 1982. His first season in the VFL was impressive, playing 19 games and kicking the third most goals for the Kangaroos with 26, but injuries restricted him to only 5 games in 1982. He returned to Western Australia in 1983, but after two seasons with East Perth, switched to Subiaco, and then later to Claremont.

He was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

He is the son of former East Perth player Jim Spencer and is currently a sports commentator with the ABC. He is an old boy of Aquinas College, Perth.