Jeff Wittenberg
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| Born | 19 March 1973 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeff Wittenberg (born 19 March 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in England and Australia. His father John was an Australian international.
Playing career
[edit]Wittenberg began his career playing for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, a club who his father had also represented.[2] In 1993, he signed with the St. George Dragons, another of his fathers former clubs. Wittenberg only made one appearance for the club and left at the end of the season.[3]
In 1995, Wittenberg joined the new South Queensland Crushers franchise and played in their inaugural match on 11 March 1995. He spent two seasons at the club. Chosen for his size , at 196 cm he was the biggest man in the Crushers engine room In 1997, despite interest from Castleford, Wittenberg signed with the Bradford Bulls for 1997's Super League II.[4] He only remained one season with the Bulls, joining the Huddersfield Giants in 1998.[5] At the end of the 1998 season Wittenberg was released.[6]
Wittenberg spent several years in the lower grades, playing for the Sheffield Eagles and then the Batley Bulldogs.[3][7] Wittenberg then returned to Huddersfield, playing for the club in the 2002 and 2003 seasons.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ RLP
- ^ Club History Archived 4 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine wynnumseagulls.com.au
- ^ a b Players W-X-Y-Z Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine leagueunlimited.com
- ^ Harris hits back Sunday Mirror, 23 March 1997
- ^ Guide to the top division's 12 teams from the Bulls to the Warriors The Independent, 2 April 1998
- ^ Team-by-Team Guide to Super League The Independent, 5 March 1999
- ^ Dragons lack fire bbc.co.uk, 1 January 2001
- ^ Hayes scores two tries as Huddersfield cruise The Telegraph, 17 February 2002
- ^ 2003 Super League squads sportinglife.com
External links
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- Living people
- Australian rugby league players
- 1973 births
- St. George Dragons players
- South Queensland Crushers players
- Bradford Bulls players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Sheffield Eagles players
- Batley Bulldogs players
- Rugby league props
- Rugby league second-rows
- Wynnum Manly Seagulls players
- Rugby league players from Brisbane