Peter Sharne was born in 1956 in Sydney.
The winger spent his entire career with NSL club Marconi.
He started in 1977 until 1988, making a total of 186 national league appearances.
Sharne also played on loan in Hong Kong for Eastern AA in the early 1980s for about two seasons. He was a star in the Hong Kong league where he was selected to be on the League Best XI.
He was a member of Australian national team during the 1978 World Cup qualifying campaign, making his debut as a substitute against Iran in August 1977 in Melbourne.
He also played in the 1982 World Cup campaign, earning 40 caps for Australia in total, with 23 of them 'A' internationals.
He scored 10 goals (eight of them 'A' international goals).