Peter Rohde
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1964}}
{{for|the Danish swimmer|Peter Rohde (swimmer)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Peter Rohde
| image =
| fullname = Peter Rohde
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Sandhurst
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 87 kg
| position = Defender
| statsend = Round 11, 2009
| careerhighlights =
| years1 = 1985–1987
| club1 = Carlton
| games_goals1 = 46 (6)
| years2 = 1988–1995
| club2 = Melbourne
| games_goals2 = 117 (22)
| games_goalstotal = 162 (28)
| coachyears1 = 2002–2004
| coachclub1 = Western Bulldogs
| coachgames_wins1 = 45 (9–35–1)
}}
Peter Rohde (born 19 November 1964) is a former Australian Football League (AFL) player and coach.
Playing career
=Carlton=
Rohde came from the Bendigo region and made his Victorian Football League (VFL) debut for Carlton Football Club in 1985. He played total of 46 games and kicked six goals for the club from 1985 until 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.blueseum.org/Peter+Rohde|title=Peter Rohde|access-date=30 April 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Peter%2BRohde/11996|title=PETER ROHDE|access-date=30 April 2022}} Rohde left Carlton at the end of the 1987 season, because the Carlton senior coach Robert Walls had a low opinion of Rohde's playing ability and dropped him from the side during the 1987 finals campaign, when Carlton ended up winning the premiership.{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Peter%2BRohde/11996|title=PETER ROHDE|access-date=30 April 2022}}
=Melbourne=
Rohde transferred to Melbourne Football Club, where he played 117 games and kicked 22 goals from 1988 until he retired in 1995.rleague, "Peter Rohde", http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/P/Peter_Rohde.html Retrieved 9 February 2010{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Peter%2BRohde/11996|title=PETER ROHDE|access-date=30 April 2022}} The Melbourne senior coach John Northey had a high opinion of Rohde's playing ability, but Rohde was plagued by injury.{{cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/Peter%2BRohde/11996|title=PETER ROHDE|access-date=30 April 2022}}
Coaching career
= Norwood =
Rohde achieved success as senior coach of Norwood in the South Australian National Football League, taking the club to a premiership in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.blueseum.org/Peter+Rohde|title=Peter Rohde|access-date=22 February 2022}}
= Western Bulldogs =
Rohde became assistant coach at the Western Bulldogs.Ryan, M. "Bassett hound at home with Bulldogs", The Age, 4 December 2002 Towards the end of the 2002 season, the resignation of 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/wallace-off-to-swans-say-dogs-20020829-gdfl27.html|title=Wallace off to Swans, say Dogs|date=August 29, 2002|access-date=22 February 2022}} Rohde was then appointed to the position of full-time senior coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/rohde-expects-grant-to-lead-20021107-gduri9.html|title=Rohde expects Grant to lead|date=7 November 2002|access-date=22 February 2022}} In the 2003 season, the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled and 16th, for the wooden spoon with three wins, eighteen losses and one draw. In the 2004 season the Bulldogs under Rohde struggled again and finished 14th with five wins and seventeen losses. Rohde was sacked towards the end of the 2004 season, with four matches to go, but he agreed to stay and coach for the rest of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-08-04/bulldogs-sack-rohde/2020170|title=Bulldogs sack Rohde|newspaper=ABC News |date=August 4, 2004|access-date=October 11, 2021}} Rohde coached Western Bulldogs in 45 games with nine wins and 35 losses and one draw, a winning percentage of 20 per cent. Rohde was then replaced by Rodney Eade as Western Bulldogs senior coach.
Port Adelaide Football Operations Manager
Rohde then went to Port Adelaide Football Club, serving as Football Operations Manager from the end of 2004 until the end of the 2014 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/port-adelaide/after-years-of-turmoil-peter-rohde-departs-port-adelaide-believing-its-premiership-window-is-wide-open/news-story/2e59c2c62816ed2158f842b0b6a3ec3b#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20walk%20away%20thinking%20we,and%20dab%20into%20player%20management.|title=After years of turmoil, Peter Rohde departs Port Adelaide believing its premiership window is wide open|date=December 19, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/714459/rohde-to-depart-port-adelaide-at-end-of-2014-season|title=Rohde to depart Port Adelaide at end of 2014 season|date=1 August 2014|access-date=22 February 2022}}
Personal life
Rohde has three children, Matthew, Ashleigh and Ella, and is married to Robyn.
References
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External links
- [https://blueseum.org/Peter+Rohde Blueseum profile]
- [http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Peter+Rohde Demon Wiki profile]
{{Western Bulldogs coaches}}
{{Norwood Football Club coaches}}
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Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Carlton Football Club players
Category:Western Bulldogs coaches
Category:Norwood Football Club coaches
Category:Sandhurst Football Club players
Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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