David Wittey is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

 in the Victorian/Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL/AFL).

Wittey, a half back from Old Brighton Grammarians, made his debut in the opening round of the 1986 VFL season

1986 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1986.- Awards :* The Brownlow Medal was awarded to both Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans and Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Hawks...

 against Footscray

Western Bulldogs

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 and had 17 disposals. He went on to appear in St Kilda's first 15 games of the year before losing his place in the side. In the 1987 pre-season he was involved in an incident with teammate Tony Lockett

Tony Lockett

Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...

, while playing a practise match. Wittey was struck with a round-arm punch to the head from Lockett and the full-forward was put on report by the goal umpire.

He was selected by the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

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 in the 1989 Pre-season Draft

1988 VFL season

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 but didn't play a senior game for the club. The following season he was drafted by Sydney and made his only appearance in round 11 of the 1990 AFL season

1990 AFL season

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.