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. 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