Greg Whittlesea

Greg Whittlesea
Greg Whittlesea
Personal information
Date of birth	23 July 1963 (age 61)
Draft	No. 56, 1986 national draft
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club
1981–1990	Sturt
1991	Hawthorn
1993–1994	Glenelg
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
	South Australia
Career highlights
	Magarey Medal 1988; Sturt captain 1987–1990; Sturt best and fairest 1987, 1988; All-Australian team 1988;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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Gregory Whittlesea (born 23 July 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL) and with Sturt and Glenelg in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1980s and 1990s.

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. 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.

He retired from football in 2004 having played 168 games for Yankalilla in the Great Southern Football League in South Australia.

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v t e 1988 All-Australian team · Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival
New South Wales	Terry Daniher (Essendon) David Murphy (Sydney)
Northern Territory	Michael Long (St Mary's) Michael McLean (Footscray) Maurice Rioli (St Mary's)
South Australia	Tony Hall (Glenelg) Danny Hughes (Melbourne) Stephen Kernahan (Carlton) (captain) Martin Leslie (Port Adelaide) Tony McGuinness (Footscray) Mark Mickan (Brisbane Bears) John Platten (Hawthorn) Greg Whittlesea (Sturt) Graham Cornes (Glenelg) (coach)
Victoria	Danny Frawley (St Kilda) Gerard Healy (Sydney) Simon Madden (Essendon) Paul Roos (Fitzroy) Paul Salmon (Essendon) Terry Wallace (Richmond VFA) Dale Weightman (Richmond)
Western Australia	Steve Malaxos (West Coast)
← 1987 1991 →

v t e South Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships
South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983 Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983
Both games	M. Aish Bradley Ebert (c) Giles Kernahan Lindner McAdam McIntosh Motley Riley Schimmelbusch Schneebichler Thomas Williams
State of Origin vs. Victoria	Copping Craig Naley Phillips Platten Rendell Whittlesea
State Game vs. Western Australia	A. Aish Curtis Davies Jenkins McGuinness Spiel
Coach: Hammond

v t e South Australian team – 1988 Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival
Both games	Bradley Bubner Hall Hughes Jarman Johnston Kernahan Leslie Lindner McDermott (c) McGuinness McIntosh Mickan Naley Payze Platten Rogers Salisbury Stretch
vs. New South Wales	Abernethy Burgess Russell
vs. Victoria (final)	Aish Campbell Whittlesea
Coach: Cornes

v t e 1990 SANFL West-End All-Stars Challenge - Country v City
The Advertiser Country All-Stars 23.15 (153) d The News City All-Stars 14.28 (112) at Football Park, 21 May 1990
The Advertiser Country All-Stars	Captain: Phillips Vice-Captain: Redden Abernethy Burgess Champion Clarke Dewhirst Fielke Hynes Lee Mansell McAdam McIntyre McKinnon McWilliam Melican Neave O'Dwyer Schache Seebohm Smith Stoeckel Tregenza Whittlesea Coach: Cahill
The News City All-Stars	Captain: Lindsay Vice-Captain: A. Jarman Bennett Brown Christie Clisby Fiacchi Fidge Hodges Hutton Jakovich D. Jarman Liptak Negri Paynter Payze Robran Schwartz Schwerdt Sims Smart Staritski Thompson Warhurst Williams Coach: Cornes
Fos Williams Medal: Andrew Jarman

v t e 1986 VFL national draft
First round	1. Martin Leslie 2. Steven Sims 3. Steven Febey 4. Richard Anderson 5. Michael Taylor 6. Richard Cousins 7. Chris Lindsay 8. Grantley Fielke 9. Andrew Payze 10. John Brinkkotter 11. Jason Taylor 12. Dominic Fotia 13. Clayton Lamb
Second round	14. Scott Adams 15. Andrew Wickham 16. Matthew Febey 17. Trent Nichols 18. Mark O'Keefe 19. Matthew Mansfield 20. Brenton Harris 21. David Robertson 22. Kieran Sporn 23. Lyndon Dakin 24. Matthew Armstrong 25. Doug Smart 26. Darrin Pritchard
Third round	27. Adam Garton 28. Darren Mansell 29. Craig Walker 30. Matthew Sexton 31. Glen Keast 32. Wayne Mahney 33. Malcolm Shippen 34. Craig Kelly 35. Peter Reid 36. Donald Thompson 37. Chris Duthy 38. Simon Minton-Connell 39. Matthew Queen
Fourth round	40. Stephen Williams 41. Brett Jaffray 42. Anthony Lovell 43. Andrew Gray 44. Tim Britt 45. James Pyke 46. Gary Brooker 47. Brendan Hogan 48. Stephen Riley 49. Craig Elias 50. Alastair Lynch 51. Andrew Herring 52. Robin McKinnon
Fifth round	53. Michael Templeton 54. Paul Page 55. Darren Jarman 56. Greg Whittlesea 57. Michael Billman 58. Perry Meka 59. Wayne Morrissey 60. Wayne Tanner 61. Andrew Underwood 62. Laurie Menhenut 63. Peter Winter 64. Darren Newlan 65. Tony Symonds

Greg Whittlesea
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-07-23) 23 July 1963 (age 61)
Draft	No. 56, 1986 national draft
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–1990	Sturt	234 (88)
1991	Hawthorn	004 0(0)
1993–1994	Glenelg	017 0(1)
Total		255 (89)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia
Career highlights
Magarey Medal 1988 Sturt captain 1987–1990 Sturt best and fairest 1987, 1988 All-Australian team 1988
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

v t e South Australian team – 1989 State of Origin
Abernethy Aish (c) Anderson Bradley Bubner Delaney Hall Hughes A. Jarman D. Jarman Kernahan Lindner Lindsay McGuinness Mickan Naley Phillips Platten Redden Smith Stretch Whittlesea
Coach: Cahill