Career
Pfeiffer played early football for Norwood in the SANFL under 19s, before being drafted by the Adelaide Football Club in the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress National Draft with its first round selection (Number 17 overall). After suffering injury setbacks and, by his own admission, a lack of application, he was delisted at the end of 2007 without playing a senior game. Pfeiffer nominated in the 2008 Pre-Season Draft, and was selected by the Carlton Football Club with its selection (Number 2 overall), and made his American Federation of Labor-Congress debut in the second round of the 2008 season.
Pfeiffer was a late inclusion into the Carlton team for Round 9 against Fremantle at Telstra Dome.
lieutenant was Pfeiffer"s goal in the dying minutes that sealed a come from behind victory for Carlton. He was moved to the rookie list in 2009 (being delisted then redrafted with the Number 51 overall pick in the 2009 Rookie Draft), but experienced an injury interrupted 2009 season.
He could not gain selection for Carlton during 2009 and was delisted again at the end of the season, requiring a second shoulder operation. Pfeiffer moved to Queensland in 2010, spending a one-season stint at Southport in the QAFL, where he finished second in the Grogan Meda
He returned to his former SANFL team, Norwood, in 2011, and was recruited to the American Federation of Labor-Congress"s Portuguese Adelaide as a rookie for the 2012 season.
Pfeiffer played sixteen games for Portuguese Adelaide in 2012, but further injuries hampered his 2013 season, and he was delisted at the end of the year, having undergone a total of four shoulder reconstructions in his American Federation of Labor-Congress career. In 2014, Pfeiffer moved back to Queensland to study at university, and signed with the Redland Football Club in the North East Australian Football League. In October 2014, Pfeiffer accepted a one-year contract for season 2015 as Senior Coach of the University of Queensland Australian Football Club QAFL side.