Djaran Whyman is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er in the Australian Football League

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Whyman was first rookie listed by AFL club Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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 in 2002, but he returned to country football later that year.

Recruited by the Kangaroos Football Club

Kangaroos Football Club

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 in 2006 from the North Ballarat Football Club

North Ballarat Football Club

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, the 179 cm, 77 kg small forward joined the club's rookie list.

He was promoted to the senior list in 2007, kicking 15 goals including bags of five and four for the Kangaroos affiliate club, North Ballarat, in the Victorian Football League

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Whyman featured in the reserves side's best on four occasions before making his senior debut against the Melbourne Demons at the Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

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on the 22nd July in Round 16 where he kicked 2 goals and 2 behinds.

Whyman was delisted by the Kangaroos at the end of the 2007 season.