Bruce Waite
Bruce Waite | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 22 May 1946 | ||
Original team(s) | Albury | ||
Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1965–1969 | Essendon | 48 (29) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Bruce Waite (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s.
A ruckman from Albury, Waite often played in a forward pocket for Essendon. He came off the bench as a reserve in Essendon's 1965 VFL Grand Final win over St Kilda to end his debut season in a premiership team.
Waite won the Ovens and Murray Football League best and Fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1972, playing for the Myrtleford Football Club.
References[]
- Bruce Waite's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
- Essendon Football Club players
- Essendon Football Club Premiership players
- Albury Football Club players
- Living people
- One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs