Neil Whittaker

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Neil David Whittaker
Born
Monday, 10th September, 1956
Current Age
67 years and 200 days
Place Of Birth
Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Durable Balmain hooker, originally from Crookwell, captained the Tigers in the early 1980s. Whittaker played for the Institute of Technology in the University Cup competition before trialling with Balmain in 1979. He originally failed to be graded but was allowed to train on and eventually won a contract through his perseverance and tenacity - qualities he readily showed on the football field. A lean, wiry competitor, he was the club's top rake until the arrival of Benny Elias in the early 1980s. In 1994 Whittaker emerged as one of the movers behind the club's change of direction which resulted in a new name, the 'Sydney' Tigers, and the shift from Leichhardt Oval to P’matta Stadium. In February 1997 he was appointed John Quayle’s successor as Chief Executive of the NSWRL and helped broker the deal that led to the reunification of the game in January 1998. As Chief Executive of the newly formed NRL he had the difficult brief of rationalising the code into an elite, 14-team competition by the year 2000. That done - following the exclusion of Souths and the merger of Wests and Balmain and Norths and Manly - Whittaker resigned his post at the end of 1999.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
Yorkshire Cup 1 0 1 0 0.00% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 1988/89 1 0 1 0 0.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Huddersfield 1988 1 0 1 0 0.00% List

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