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An exciting Indigenous player who made enormous progress in 2006, playing 12 reserves games for Claremont and finishing the season with five senior appearances, including two WAFL finals. Was generally played off the bench at senior level, going forward or onto a wing when on the ground, but even had a burst in the ruck due to his amazing vertical leap. His best performance came in his second senior game, against East Perth, where he kicked five goals. Has been acclaimed as the best youngster to come out of the talented Clontarf football academy in Perth by renowned WA coach Gerard Neesham. He is keen to improve his strength and develop into a midfielder. |
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'''Carl D. Peterson''' grew up in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], and is an alumnus of the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. He is the president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] of the [[National Football League]]. He has served in those roles since [[1989]]. Peterson has hired four coaches for the Chiefs since 1989, [[Marty Schottenheimer]], [[Gunther Cunningham]], [[Dick Vermeil]] and most recently [[Herman Edwards]]. |
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==Mixed feelings== |
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Peterson has been both praised and criticized by [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] fans. He has been praised for hiring in quality coaches, and re-establishing a winning tradition for the Chiefs that greatly diminished in the [[1980s]]. He has been criticized because the Chiefs have yet to win a [[Super Bowl]] during his tenure, despite having some spectacular teams in the [[1990s]]. Some also feel that Peterson is more concerned about game-day attendance and making the Chiefs profitable than he is about winning. |
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Height 182.7 cm |
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Some fans dislike the fact that Peterson has held his current job for over 17 years, which is considerably longer than most other NFL general managers. Due to his longstanding term in office as general manager, sports writer [[Jason Whitlock]] has famously dubbed Peterson as '''"King Carl"''' within his editorials in the [[Kansas City Star]] and the nickname has become a Chiefs fan favorite among the criticism of Peterson. |
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[[Category:People from Long Beach, California|Peterson, Carl]] |
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Weight: 69.55 kg |
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[[Category:Living people|Peterson, Carl]] |
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[[Category:Kansas City Chiefs]] |
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[[Category:Philadelphia Eagles]] |
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Recruited From: Claremont |
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Debut: - |
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Date of Birth: 03/07/1987 |
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Revision as of 07:15, 9 December 2006
An exciting Indigenous player who made enormous progress in 2006, playing 12 reserves games for Claremont and finishing the season with five senior appearances, including two WAFL finals. Was generally played off the bench at senior level, going forward or onto a wing when on the ground, but even had a burst in the ruck due to his amazing vertical leap. His best performance came in his second senior game, against East Perth, where he kicked five goals. Has been acclaimed as the best youngster to come out of the talented Clontarf football academy in Perth by renowned WA coach Gerard Neesham. He is keen to improve his strength and develop into a midfielder.
Guernsey Number: -
Height 182.7 cm
Weight: 69.55 kg
Recruited From: Claremont
Debut: -
Date of Birth: 03/07/1987