David Trewhella is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n former rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 footballer of the 1980s and 90s. After playing junior football in Newcastle, he started his senior football career in Queensland, playing for Redcliffe

Redcliffe Dolphins

The Redcliffe Dolphins are a rugby league team from the city of Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The Redcliffe Dolphins were founded in 1947, accepted into the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1960, and since 1996 have played in the Queensland Cup....

. He was named their player of the year in 1984. In 1986 Trewhella moved to Sydney where he played for the Eastern Suburbs

Sydney Roosters

The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 club. A former halfback, he moved to the forwards, playing in various positions. Ruled to be eligible to play for New South Wales in the State of Origin, he was selected in 1988 and 1989. Trewhella's last season of first grade football was with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 1992.

External links

• David Trewhella at yesterdayshero.com.au