Adrian Whitehead 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 for Carlton. A defender, he was the youngest member of the club's premiership winning side of 1995

1995 AFL season

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, playing in every game.

Whitehead, originally from Wodonga, started to suffer from a foot injury during the 1996 pre-season

1996 AFL season

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. It flared up against Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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 late in 1997

1997 AFL season

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 and he was forced off the ground injured. He had damaged the nerves and tendons in his foot and did not play in the 1998 AFL season.