Isaac Weetra
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Isaac Weetra
| image =
| fullname = Isaac Weetra
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Whyalla
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Port Adelaide Magpies
| height = 184 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position =
| statsend = 2008
| years1 = 2007–2008
| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals1 = 2 (0)
| careerhighlights = * Under 18 Indigenous Australia tour to South Africa
- Naish Travers Medallist 2005
}}
Isaac Weetra (born 27 February 1989) is a semi-professional Australian rules footballer.
He is notable for his brief Australian Football League (AFL) stint, playing with the Melbourne Demons.
Early life
In 2006 he represented Australia's indigenous youth on tour to South Africa with the "Flying Boomerangs" to play against the South African Buffaloes.AFL Record. Round 9, 2008. pg 10
Weetra was recruited from Port Adelaide Magpies in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) with selection number 62 in the 2006 AFL Draft. In 2005, he was awarded the Naish Travers Medal for best on ground during the Whyalla Football League Grand Final, playing for his club West Whyalla. Weetra’s older brother Paul won the 2007 T.A Evans medal for the reserves league best & fairest playing for his club South Whyalla.
AFL
Weetra debuted in the AFL in round 1, 2008 against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He was dropped after his second game against the Western Bulldogs and played the rest of the season for Melbourne's VFL-affiliate, Sandringham in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Weetra was delisted by Melbourne at the conclusion of the 2008 season.{{cite web|title=Demons clearing the decks|url=http://sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/demons-clearing-the-decks-56164|publisher=Sportal|access-date=29 October 2010|date=4 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804222431/http://www.sportal.com.au/afl-news-display/demons-clearing-the-decks-56164|archive-date=4 August 2011|url-status=dead}}
Post AFL
Weetra returned to the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL for the start of the 2009 season.
References
External links
- {{Melbplayer | ref=15309 }}
- {{AFL Tables | I/Isaac_Weetra }}
{{2006 AFL national draft}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people
Category:Port Adelaide Magpies players