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Peter Everitt

Personal Info
Birth	May 3, 1974,
Recruited from	Hastings, Victoria
Height/Weight	203cm / 103kg
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 1, March 23, 1993, St Kilda vs. Geelong, at Kardinia Park
Team(s)	St Kilda (1993-2002) 180 games, 300 goals Hawthorn (2003-2006) 72 games, 67 goals Sydney (2007-) 0 games, 0 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights
All-Australian 1997, 1998, 2005 St Kilda Best and Fairest 2001 Hawthorn Best and Fairest 2004

Peter "Spida" Everitt (born May 3, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans. He is known as one of the real larrikins of the AFL. He made his debut for St. Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2006.

Contents 1 Early Career 2 St Kilda Career 3 Hawthorn Career 4 Fallout at Hawthorn 5 Trivia 6 External links

Everitt was born and bred on the Mornington Peninsula.

Sporting a range of ever-changing wacky hairstyles as well as tattoos on his chest and arms, Everitt is a strange-looking man. Add to that his gargantuan 203cm frame, to which his nickname "Spider" is attributed to, and his joking personality, and you have one of the real characters of the game.

Making his debut for St Kilda in 1993, the dreadlocked Everitt became one of the Saints' best ruckmen. He won All-Australian selection in 1997, and tragically suffered a collarbone injury late in the year, missing the Grand Final. He again won All-Australian selection in 1998.

At the end of 2002 Everitt was traded to Hawthorn, after too many off-field discretions and a lack of discipline at the Saints. The Hawks offered him a fresh start, and he has been one of the premier tap ruckmen in the competition, winning All-Australian selection in 2005.

In September 2006, it was announced that Everitt would not be playing for the Hawks in 2007.[1] Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson said in a statement released by the club that Everitt had failed to reach an agreement with Hawthorn regarding his contract.[2] 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. The Hawks agreed to seek to trade Everitt with another club.

Consequently, on October 13 2006, Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans in the final minutes of trade week in return for draft pick 33 to Hawthorn. The trade ended strong belief that 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.

Has tattoos only on his left-hand side. Tattoos include a red star for his daughter, and his partner's name in Roman Numerals.

Everitt is engaged to long-time partner Sheree Orchard.

Everitt has 3 daughters, Caitlin, Summer and Anais, from his first marriage and a son, Boston (born 18th December 2006), with Sheree.

Spida also has a long-standing friendship with fellow ex-Saint Barry Hall of the Sydney Swans. Spida's transfer to this club was said to be heavily influenced by Hall, who recommended him for the trade.

His younger brother Andrejs Everitt was picked in the 2006 AFL Draft.

• Peter Everitt statistics from AFL Tables

• Player profile

Preceded by Andrew Thompson	St Kilda Best and Fairest winner 2001	Succeeded by Nick Riewoldt
Preceded by Shane Crawford	Hawthorn Best and Fairest winner 2004	Succeeded by Luke Hodge