17 Facts About Peter Everitt

Peter "Spida" Everitt was born on 3 May 1974 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.

Peter Everitt played for St Kilda from 1993 to 2002, Hawthorn from 2003 to 2006, and Sydney in 2007 and 2008.

Peter Everitt finished his career having played 291 games in the AFL.

Peter Everitt played in St Kilda's 1996 pre-season Cup winning side.

Peter Everitt played every match of the 1997 season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club's second Minor Premiership and first McClelland Trophy.

Peter Everitt won All-Australian selection in 1997, but he suffered a collarbone injury late in the year, missing the Grand Final.

Peter Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans for the 2007 season.

Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said in a statement released by the club that Peter Everitt had failed to reach an agreement with Hawthorn regarding his contract.

Peter Everitt had allegedly requested a two-year contract, but Hawthorn was only prepared to offer the then 32-year-old ruckman a one-year deal.

Consequently, on 13 October 2006, Peter Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans in the final minutes of trade week in return for draft pick 33.

The trade ended strong belief that Peter Everitt would be forced to nominate for the pre-season draft and risk being picked up by another club rather than Sydney following a stall in negotiations between the two clubs.

Peter Everitt spent two seasons at the Swans before retiring after the Swans' semi-finals defeat in 2008.

Peter Everitt was formerly a member of The Home Straight radio show which aired Friday evenings on Gold 92.5 amongst other regional radio stations across Australia until 2012.

Peter Everitt competed in the 9th season of Dancing with the Stars and was the first competitor to be eliminated.

On 12 January 2008, Peter Everitt married partner of seven years Sheree in New Zealand.

Peter Everitt was first publicly exposed for his racist taunts after he racially vilified aboriginal player Michael Long, an Essendon and AFL Hall of Famer, in 1997.

Peter Everitt admitted he "probably crossed a line" and voluntarily stood down for four weeks and undertook a racial awareness training program as well as donating $20,000 to a charity of Chisolm's choice.