Shane Wakelin

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**Shane Wakelin**
Personal Info
Birth	August 12, 1974, South Australia
Recruited from	Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)
Playing Career¹
Debut	Round 3, April 9, 1994, St Kilda vs. Essendon, at Waverley Park
Team(s)	St Kilda (1994-2000) 94 games, 19 goals Collingwood (2001-) 121 games, 0 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career Highlights
St Kilda Grand Final side 1997 Collingwood Grand Final side 2002, 2003

Shane Wakelin (born August 12, 1974) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Recruited from the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL in the 1992 AFL Draft, Wakelin debuted in the AFL in 1994 with the St Kilda Football Club. He was noted as a hard-working defender at the Saints and was part of a defensive combination with his twin brother Darryl during the mid to late 90s that was considered very effective.

Wakelin played just 4 games in 2000 and became disgruntled, he was later picked up by the Collingwood Football Club where he reignited his career and continued his trademark consistency out of defence.

[edit] Trivia

Wakelin was born on the 12th of August 1974, while his twin brother Darryl was born on the 11th - Darryl was born a number of minutes before Shane.
In 2003 Wakelin appeared on a shampoo commercial for Sunsilk Base Elements, which also featured fellow Collingwood players Brodie Holland and Richard Cole. This wooden performance earned him the "Tool of the Year" on AFL variety show Before the Game.
Wakelin married Ligita in 2003 and they now have 2 children - a daughter, Charlie Elizabeth, and a son, Tom Leo.