Peter Daicos

Peter Daicos
Peter Daicos in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-09-20) 20 September 1961 (age 55)
Original team(s)	Preston RSL
Debut	Round 4, 1979, Collingwood vs. St Kilda, at Victoria Park
Height / weight	184 cm / 90 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1979–1993	Collingwood	250 (549)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	Victoria	5 (12)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
AFL Premiership: 1990 3x VFL/AFL Team of the Year 1982, 1988, 1990 2x Collingwood Best & Fairest: 1982, 1988 5x Collingwood leading goalkicker: 1981-1982, 1990-1992 Goal of the Year: 1991 Australian Football Hall of Fame Collingwood Team of the Century Greek Team of the Century

Peter Daicos (born 20 September 1961 in Fitzroy, Victoria) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played his entire 250-game career with the Collingwood Football Club in the VFL/AFL.

He is one of the greatest players in the history of the Australian Football League, being a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and was renowned for his consistent ability to kick freakish goals from seemingly impossible angles. During his 250-game career his league honours include a premiership, and kicking the Goal of the Year. He also represented his home state of Victoria a total of five times.

Daicos is considered to be one of Collingwood's all-time greats, being named in the club's Team of the Century, leading the club's goalkicking for five seasons, winning the best and fairest twice and playing in the club's drought breaking 1990 premiership.

Daicos is commonly known as the Macedonian Marvel because of his parents' place of origin who were both immigrants from the village of Vevi near Florina in northern Greece.

He was raised in a family background with the Macedonian language spoken at home and church services attended on Sundays but with the main difference regarding his interest on Footy instead of Soccer, up to playing with the school team whilst at Preston East High School.

Peter debuted with the Collingwood Football Club in round 4, 1979, against St Kilda, in what was, at the time, the largest winning margin in VFL/AFL history (179 points). 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.

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