Peter Weightman

Who is Peter Weightman?

Peter Weightman is a former Australian rules football player and coach. He played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League.

Weightman, who grew up playing in the Preston District Junior Football Association, played his only VFL game for Fitzroy in the 1969 VFL season. A rover, he kicked a goal in a 24 point loss to Hawthorn at Princes Park.

He played in the VFA for Preston during the early 1970s before having success as coach of the club's seconds and thirds. Weightman was appointed senior coach in 1985 and remained in the job for four seasons. They played finals in three of those years and were notably eliminated from the 1988 finals series with a 93 point loss to Coburg. He would have continued in 1989 but instead took up an offer to join the Hawthorn Under-19's coaching staff.

When David Dickson resigned as Preston coach in 1994 due to a work promotion, Weightman returned as senior coach. He had another four season stint, making him Preston's longest serving coach.

In 2008 he joined Collingwood as an assistant coach.

He is the father of Lisa Jane Weightman, a marathon runner who competed in the Beijing Olympics.