Gold-mining Collingwood legend has more on his mind than a flag

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Finals fever has spread as far as Reno, Nevada, where the American lawyers who work for Peter Moore’s gold exploration company have been closely monitoring the selection dilemmas facing Collingwood ahead of Saturday’s AFL grand final.

“Even overseas it has an impact with people, it does open some doors,” says Moore about the joys of mixing sport and business.

Former Collingwood captain Peter Moore will watch son Darcy lead the magpies onto the MCG on Saturday. Arsineh Houspian

Those American lawyers aren’t particularly familiar with Australian rules football, but they know that Moore, who is executive chairman of ASX-listed Sierra Nevada Gold, played in the big league Down Under when he was young.

To say that Moore used to play footy is an understatement; he played in four losing grand finals and one drawn grand final, plus he twice won the sport’s highest individual honour, the Brownlow Medal.

Despite that formidable record, Moore is better known these days as the father of current Collingwood captain Darcy Moore, who will have the honour of leading the Magpies in Saturday’s match against the Brisbane Lions.

“Coincidentally, some of the major investors [in Sierra Nevada Gold] are Collingwood people and friends of mine as well. It was a friends and family start-up in the beginning and then we listed it,” says Moore from grandstands at Collingwood’s spiritual home, Victoria Park.

“I certainly have an extensive network of people who are friends and business associates through football and now through 30 or 40 years in business as well.

“There is a common thread of football through that group.”

Peter Moore, right, celebrates with his son and team captain Darcy after Collingwood’s preliminary final win. Getty Images

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