Darren 'Doc' Wheildon was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Originally from Newborough, Wheildon bagged a seven goal haul in just his third league game, against the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

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 at Carrara. One of his best performance was six goals and six behinds against a strong Hawthorn team in 1992 and following season, against Sydney at the SCG, he kicked a career best eight goals, in a shoot-out with Simon Minton-Connell

Simon Minton-Connell

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 who also kicked eight. Wheildon finished the 1992 season with 41 goals, his best ever season tally, but unlike the 29 goals he kicked in 1991 it wasn't enough to top Fitzroy's charts.

From 1990 to 1993, Wheildon was sent to the AFL Tribunal

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 no less than seven times. On one occasion, in 1993, he was fined after being found guilty of shaking a goalpost when an opponent was taking a shot at goal.

Wheildon left Fitzroy after the 1994 season and played at West Adelaide

West Adelaide Football Club

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 before he was given another chance at AFL, recruited by Essendon with pick 15 in the 1995 AFL Draft

1995 AFL Draft

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. He however never got a chance to play for them after he was hit by a taxi in King Street

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and badly injured his legs, ending his career.