Peter Sumich

Peter Sumich
Peter Sumich
Personal information
Full name	Peter Lori Sumich
Nickname(s)	"Suma"
Date of birth	11 January 1968 (age 56)
Original team(s)	Cockburn JFC
Draft	No. 3, 1988 pre-draft selection
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Full forward
Playing career1
Years	Club
1986–1998	South Fremantle
1989–1997	West Coast
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1988–1993	Western Australia
Coaching career
Years	Club
2000–2001	South Fremantle
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1997.
Career highlights
	Western Australia Teal Cup team 1985; South Fremantle leading goalkicker 1988, 1998; West Coast leading goalkicker 1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1997; West Coast Eagles Rookie of the Year 1989; West Coast premiership player 1992, 1994; South Fremantle premiership player 1997; West Coast life member 1997; South Fremantle co-captain 1998; West Coast Team of the Decade (1996); West Coast Team 20 (2006);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Lori Sumich (born 11 January 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented West Coast in the Australian Football League (AFL) and South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) during the 1980s and 1990s.

Sumich made his debut for South Fremantle in 1986, having also played cricket for the Australian national under-19 team. After leading the club's goalkicking in 1988, Sumich was selected with a pre-draft selection by the West Coast Eagles prior to the 1988 National Draft. He made his debut for West Coast the following season, and established himself as the team's first-choice full-forward, leading the goalkicking for six consecutive seasons between 1989 and 1994. Sumich played in West Coast's 1992 and 1994 premiership sides, before retiring from AFL football at the end of the 1997 season. In 1998, he was co-captain of South Fremantle, and led the club's goalkicking in what was his final year of playing football. During this time, Sumich also represented Western Australia in five State of Origin and interstate matches.

After his retirement from playing, Sumich coached South Fremantle between 2000 and 2001, before signing as an assistant coach at West Coast, where he served in that role from 2002 to 2011, before joining Fremantle as an assistant coach. In total, he kicked 514 goals, a club record, from 150 games for West Coast, leading the club's goalkicking on a record seven occasions. After kicking 111 goals during the 1991 season, Sumich became the first Eagles player, and the first left-footer, to kick more than 100 goals in a season.