Peter Yagmoor (born 20 October 1993) is a former Australian rules football player.

Peter Yagmoor
Personal information
Full name Peter Yagmoor
Date of birth (1993-10-20) 20 October 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s) Morningside (NEAFL)
Draft QLD zone selection, Gold Coast
Traded for pick 47, Collingwood
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012–2014 Collingwood 375 (119)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

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Yagmoor was born and raised in Cairns, his Lebanese and Indigenous Australian father moved there from Melbourne where he met his mother.[1] He played his junior football with Cairns City Cobras and North Cairns in the AFL Cairns competition[2] before moving to Brisbane where he played with the Kenmore Bears before playing senior football with Morningside in the Queensland Australian Football League.

He was recruited by Gold Coast in 2011 with their Queensland zone selection concessions, before being traded onto Collingwood, in conjunction with national draft pick 50, for pick 47.

AFL career

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Yagmoor made his debut in round 1, against Hawthorn. He managed two tackles but did not gather a single disposal. He was dropped but earned a recall against Brisbane Lions in round 7, where he gathered 11 disposals but was dropped again the next week.

Yagmoor was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2014 season, having played two senior games for the club.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Collingwood recruit Peter Yagmoor has travelled tough road
  2. ^ VFL/AFL Players from Cairns City Cobras JFC
  3. ^ Rielly, Stephen (4 September 2014). "Pies delist three". Collingwoodfc.com.au. BigPond. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
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