Whatever happened to Chris Wittman?

[vikingpimp]

Was watching the 89 Granny for the umpteenth time, and Wittman caught my eye. Can remember back then he was one of my favourites - was hard at it despite his lack of build. Then when watching the 91 Granny he wasn't there. Looked up his stats and saw he retired/was delisted at the age of 27 after 9 games at St Kilda. I guess my questions are: Did he have a serious injury at some point after 89? Did he just lose form and never get it back? Or did Gowers take his spot in the team?

 

[arupist]

Couldn't get a game after 89 due to a pretty strong midfield and was traded to St Kilda for 93 season. His form peaked during 88-89 and then fell away.

 

[vikingpimp]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Fastback]

..and Gowers took Dipper's spot n the 91 GF.

 

[theonico]

His mother lives next door to my Mother in Law in Belmont, Geelong. There you go, case closed.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

He played several seasons with South Adelaide in the SANFL, but where he went after that I don't know.

 

[Flamin Joe]

Was a handy player at South Adelaide. Won the B&F in 1994 under Ken Sheldon and made the initial list of 70 in their "Greatest South Adelaide team".

Not sure what he's doing now but I heard he's still good mates with Brereton.

 

[Uncie Frase]

• Pretty sure he was mates with Stewie Lowe. Had a kick to kick with him & Stewie when I was a little kid growing up in Mt Eliza (circa 1985)

 

[Roddy27]

• Pretty sure he was mates with Stewie Lowe. Had a kick to kick with him & Stewie when I was a little kid growing up in Mt Eliza (circa 1985)

Definitely remember seeing him with Stewie at the Mountain View general store back in the day. Never got to have a kick with him though.

 

[langers1971]

if i remember correctly, he actually walked out of Hawthorn midway through season 1992 after he could not get a game, which could help explain why we traded him to St kilda in 93. I remember when he debuted in 1986 wearing the number 31 jumper, looked a likely prospect, and was glad we had him around in 88-89

 

[Jason Dunstall]

Lives down here now I believe

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Heard he went back to making chocolates.

 

[DESTRUKTOR]

Yeah, he lives down Torquay way. Have spoken to him recently. Business-orientated, family man.
Still mates with Brereton, they were on business together sometime. Tony Hall lives down that way also. That's enough.....

 

[Jason Dunstall]

Yeah, he lives down Torquay way. Have spoken to him recently. Business-orientated, family man.
Still mates with Brereton, they were on business together sometime. Tony Hall lives down that way also. That's enough.....

That & half of Geelongs list.......

 

[Klem]

Heard he had a Noodle Box shop in the Main Street down here in sunny Geelong.
That was a few years ago. I did go and buy some one day just to see if it was true and did see him in there.
Great player but was competing against some pretty special players at the time.

 

[The BIG X]

Yeah, he lives down Torquay way. Have spoken to him recently. Business-orientated, family man.
Still mates with Brereton, they were on business together sometime. Tony Hall lives down that way also. That's enough.....

Thought Tony lives in Malvern - maybe he has a holiday home Torquay??????

 

[DESTRUKTOR]

Yeah, I think it might be a holiday house, my apologies.

Yes, Chris had Noodle Box with Dermie in Geelong.

I see or speak to him occasionally, so I'm not like his good mate or anything, but I can consider him a friend of some sort.

 

[Steven Tyler]

Yeah, I think it might be a holiday house, my apologies.

Yes, Chris had Noodle Box with Dermie in Geelong.

I see or speak to him occasionally, so I'm not like his good mate or anything, but I can consider him a friend of some sort.

Your a lucky man to be mates with a Hawk premiership player. Was a player who gave his all in an incredible Hawks eraand one of my favs in the 80s

 

[RP1083]

Based on the old games I've watched recently he was a much better player than I remember - probably flew under the radar a bit with all the other stars in those teams.

We had a few players leave and end up at St Kilda at around the same time and never really kick on - Wittman, Dean Anderson, Lawrence Bingham and Sean Ralphsmith come to mind. Russell Morris as well, although I think he was pretty serviceable for them for a 30+ y.o.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Based on the old games I've watched recently he was a much better player than I remember - probably flew under the radar a bit with all the other stars in those teams.

We had a few players leave and end up at St Kilda at around the same time and never really kick on - Wittman, Dean Anderson, Lawrence Bingham and Sean Ralphsmith come to mind. Russell Morris as well, although I think he was pretty serviceable for them for a 30+ y.o.

Chopper Handley, Josh Kitchen and Glen Nugent too IIRC.

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

I've always had a healthy respect for him having come across him volunteering his time with the disabled at the old Kew Cottages.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Wow, Chris Wittman, used to enjoy watching him play. I think his spot seemed to get taken by Ben Allen and he never won it back.

 

[rich_92]

Thanks for the info!

he's marred with 3 kids (i know this cause his wife is my cousin)

 

[rich_92]

Wow, Chris Wittman, used to enjoy watching him play. I think his spot seemed to get taken by Ben Allen and he never won it back.

im lucky enough 2 have him as cousin in law

 

[The BIG X]

The old family tree