Peter Francis (born 16 January 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with four VFL clubs during the 1980s.
Victorian country recruit Peter Francis joined Carlton in 1977 and made his senior debut two seasons later in Round 1.
He played in their thrilling five point Grand Final win against Collingwood that year in what would be the only premiership of his ten season career.
For the 1989 and 1990 seasons, Francis served as the head coach of the Box Hill Hawks Football Club.
In 1995 Francis was appointed fulltime Coach of the Gippsland Power Football Club in the AFL Elite Player Pathway TAC Cup Competition and held that position until 2000.