Peter Rohde (born 19 November 1964) is a former Australian Football League (AFL) player and coach.
Peter Rohde | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Peter Rohde | ||
Date of birth | (1964-11-19) 19 November 1964 (age 57) | ||
Original team(s) | Sandhurst | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1985–1987 | Carlton | 46 (6) | |
1988–1995 | Melbourne | 117 (22) | |
Total | 162 (28) | ||
Coaching career | |||
Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
2002–2004 | Western Bulldogs | 45 (9–35–1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 11, 2009. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985. Rohde played total of 46 games and kicked a total of six goals for the club from 1985 until 1987.[1][2] Rohde left the Carlton Football Club at the end of the 1987 season, because then-Carlton Football Club senior coach Robert Walls held the view that Rohde's playing ability was in poor shape and form and was also overlooked and dropped from the side during the ultimately successful 1987 finals campaign, where Carlton ended up winning the 1987 Premiership.[3]
Rohde then transferred to Melbourne Football Club in 1988 and retired in 1995, where he played a total number of 117 games and kicked a total number of 22 goals for Melbourne Football Club from 1988 until 1995.[4][5] Rohde during his playing career with Melbourne Football Club under then-Melbourne Football Club senior coach John Northey had a high opinion of Rohde’s playing ability, but however Rohde ended up in the shape of frequent injuries.[6]
Rohde would later he would achieve success with Norwood in the South Australian National Football League as senior coach, when he took the club to a premiership in 1997.[7]
Rohde ultimately went to be lead to his appointment as an assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs.[8]
Towards the end of the 2002 season, the resignation of incumbent senior coach Terry Wallace led to Rohde being made caretaker senior coach for the final round clash with Collingwood at the MCG in Round 22, 2002, which the Bulldogs won.[9] Rohde was then appointed to the position of full-time senior coach of the Bulldogs.[10] In the 2003 season, the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled and finished 16th in the last position on the ladder for the wooden spoon with three wins, eighteen losses and one draw and in the 2004 season, the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled again and finished 14th with five wins and seventeen losses. Rohde was eventually sacked towards the end of the 2004 season, with four matches left to go, which Rohde agreed to coach and stay for the rest of the season.[11] Rohde coached Western Bulldogs to a total of 45 games with nine wins and 35 losses and one draw to a winning percentage of 20 percent. Rohde was then replaced by Rodney Eade as Western Bulldogs Football Club senior coach.
Rohde then went to serve as part of the Football Department as Football Operations Manager at the Port Adelaide Football Club from the end of 2004 until the end of the 2014 season.[12][13]
He has three children, Matthew, Ashleigh and Ella, and is married to Robyn.
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