Jeff Wittenberg
Australian rugby league footballer (born 1973)
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Jeff Wittenberg (born 19 March 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in England and Australia. His father John was an Australian international.
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| Born | 19 March 1973 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | John Wittenberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Wittenberg began his career playing for the Wynnum Manly Seagulls, a club who his father had also represented.[2] In 1993, he signed with the St. George Dragons, another of his father's former clubs. Wittenberg only made one appearance for the club and left at the end of the season.[3]
In 1995, Wittenberg joined the new South Queensland Crushers franchise and played in their inaugural match on 11 March 1995. He spent two seasons at the club. Chosen for his size , at 196 cm he was the biggest man in the Crushers engine room. In 1997, despite interest from Castleford, Wittenberg signed with the Bradford Bulls for 1997's Super League II.[4] He only remained one season with the Bulls, joining the Huddersfield Giants in 1998.[5] At the end of the 1998 season Wittenberg was released.[6]
Wittenberg spent several years in the lower grades, playing for the Sheffield Eagles and then the Batley Bulldogs.[3][7] Wittenberg then returned to Huddersfield, playing for the club in the 2002 and 2003 seasons.[8][9]