Greg Whittlesea

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer
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

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.

  • Greg Whittlesea's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Greg Whittlesea at AustralianFootball.com
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Magarey Medal winners
The Magarey Medal has been awarded since 1898 to the "best and most brilliant" player in the South Australian National Football League and its various incarnations.
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Captains of the Sturt Football Club
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P. T. Morton Medal • Sturt Football Club best and fairest winners
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1988 All-Australian team · Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival
New South Wales
Northern Territory
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
1987
1991
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South Australian team1983 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
State of Origin vs. Victoria
State Game vs. Western Australia
  • A. Aish
  • Curtis
  • Davies
  • Jenkins
  • McGuinness
  • Spiel
Coach: Hammond
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South Australian team1988 Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival
Both games
vs. New South Wales
vs. Victoria (final)
  • Aish
  • Campbell
  • Whittlesea
Coach: Cornes
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South Australian team1989 State of Origin
Coach: Cahill
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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
The News City All-Stars
Fos Williams Medal: Andrew Jarman
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First round
Second round
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
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