Bruce Waite

Bruce Waite
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-05-22) 22 May 1946
Original team(s)	Albury
Height/Weight	192 cm / 92 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1965–1969	Essendon	48 (29)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 1969 season.

Bruce Waite (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s.

A ruckman from Albury, Waite often played in a forward pocket for Essendon. He came off the bench as a reserve in Essendon's 1965 VFL Grand Final win over St Kilda to end his debut season in a premiership team.

References

Bruce Waite's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Essendon Football Club 1965 VFL Premiers

Essendon 14.21 (105) defeated St Kilda 9.6 (70), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 23. Fraser 1. Clarke 2. Gerlach 4. Shaw 6. Gosper 8. Payne 10. Shelton 11. Birt 14. Blew 16. Johnston 18. Brown 20. Fordham 21. Pryor 24. McKenzie 27. Waite 28. Epis 31. Mitchell 32. Davis 34. Sampson 43. Egan

Coach: Coleman

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