At only 18 years of age Peter Motley also made the first of six state games for South Australia at half-forward against Victoria at Football Park in 1983 in what was the Croweaters first win over the Big V in Adelaide since 1965.
Motley played in six games of the 1987 season before a serious car crash ended his football career at the age of just 22.
[1] In early May 1987, while driving along a divided road, another car careered across the median strip and collided directly with Motley's driver's door at head height.
A medical practitioner who lived in the immediate vicinity attended to Motley's critical head injury, almost certainly saving his life before an ambulance arrived.
Motley endured several days in a coma; his survival and recovery has been attributed to his mental determination, physical fitness, and encouragement from his family.