Greg Whittlesea
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Biographical
- Born: 23 July 1963
- Height: 183 cm
- Weight 86 kg
- Previous Clubs: Sturt, Hawthorn
- GFC League Debut: 1993
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Gregory Whittlesea grew up on a dairy farm at Second Valley near Yankalilla.
He progressed through Sturt's junior ranks winning the Under 17’s Best & Fairest as well as representing South Australia at the Teal Cup. He made his League debut as a 17 year old in Round 6 of the 1981 season.
Whittlesea captained Sturt from 1987 to 1990 and won the Magarey Medal in 1988. He won successive best and fairest awards in 1987 and 1988. Much of his early football was played in defence where he was tough, honest and highly skilled. However, he was versatile and could play a number of other roles equally well.
At the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival he represented South Australia and earned All-Australian selection.
In 1991 he was recruited by Hawthorn, but managed only four games.
Sturt was a club in the throes of internal dissension in 1992 so Greg Whittlesea elected to throw in his lot with Glenelg in the hope that he could crown his career with participation in a premiership team. He did not get his wish, managing just 17 games and 1 goal over the final two seasons of his league career.
He retired from football in 2004 having played 168 games for Yankalilla in the Great Southern Football League in South Australia.
References
1. Pride of the Bay
