Peter Daicos Highlights

Peter Daicos - Collingwood (1979--1993), 250 Games, 549 goals.

Career Highlights:
Collingwood Copeland Trophy winner 1982, 1988
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992
Collingwood Premiership side 1990
Collingwood Team of the Century
VFL/AFL Team of the Year 1982, 1988, 1990
Victorian representative (5 games, 12 goals)
Goal of the Year 1991
AFL Hall of Fame member

Peter debuted with the Collingwood Football Club in 1979. He went on to play 250 games (for 549 goals) with the Magpies until his retirement in 1993, and won a premiership with them in 1990 opening the way by kicking Collingwood's first goal in that match.

In the 1990 season, Daicos scored 97 goals playing mostly from full-forward, a feat made all the more remarkable since he was considerably shorter than many full-forwards of the era. His skills in scoring from impossible angles, as well as the ability in getting rid from defenders made pundits to start naming him as The Magician.

In fact, one of his goals, drawing the 1990 Qualifying Final became the subject of a Toyota Memorable Moments advertisement, first screened in 2005.

In 1999 Daicos was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame and in 2002 he was elected in the AFL Greek Team of the Century reserved for players having full or partial Greek heritage although he is commonly known as the "Macedonian Marvel".

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• collingwood
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• premierships
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[sgaseca]

Wow vid certainly finished on a high. What a champ

[footylovr]

always destroyed Geelong.

I was at that game in the early 90's Waverley park where he led McGrath to the footy on the boundary line and just casually soccered it through. Undoubtedly one of the greatest goals ever kicked

Bloody Champion!

[MrOzanachronism]

I hate Collingwood, but Daicos was a freak.