Darryl Wakelin

Darryl Wakelin

Personal information
Birth	11 August 1974 (1974-08-11) (age 37), Whyalla, South Australia
Recruited from	Port Adelaide (SANFL)
Height and weight	192 cm / 95 kg
Playing career¹
Debut	2 April 1995, St Kilda v. West Coast Eagles, at WACA
Team(s)	St Kilda (1995-2000) 115 games, 8 goals Port Adelaide (2001-2007) 146 games, 4 goals Total - 261 games, 12 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season
Career highlights
Port Adelaide Premiership Player 1994 (SANFL), 2004 SANFL Jack Oatey Medal 1994 St Kilda AFL Cup winnings side 1996 St Kilda Minor Premiership Side 1997 Port Adelaide Pre-Season Premiership Player 2001, 2002 Port Adelaide Best Team Man 2005

Darryl Wakelin (born 11 August 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League as a defender.

AFL career

St Kilda

In 1994 he played in a premiership with the Magpies league team, winning the Jack Oatey Medal for best afield in the absence of his twin brother, Shane - he had already left for St Kilda. In 1995, Darryl left the club to join his brother at St Kilda. He played his first game in Round 1 of the 1995 season. His career started superbly with the Saints, averaging 10 disposals in his first season.

Wakelin played in St Kilda’s 1996 AFL Ansett Australia Cup winning side - the club's first AFL Cup win.^[1]

Wakelin played in 17 of 22 matches in the 1997 AFL Premiership Season home and away rounds in which St Kilda Football Club qualified in first position for the 1997 AFL Finals Series, winning the club’s 2nd Minor Premiership and 1st McClelland Trophy.^[2]

By the end of the 2000 season, the Saints were looking for younger players and scrapped the brothers along with many other players. In total, he played 115 games for St Kilda, kicking just 8 goals.

Port Adelaide

In 2001 he joined the Port Adelaide without his twin brother, Shane, who moved to Collingwood. In 2004 he won a premiership with Port Adelaide after his brother had lost in the two previous Grand Finals. During 2005 the Wakelin Brothers became the most capped pair of twin brothers overtaking Steven Febey and Matthew Febey. In Round 12 of 2006, he picked up a career high 22 disposals against West Coast. In round 5, 2007, Darryl played his 250th game. On 29 August 2007 he announced his retirement from AFL at the season end, which in fact concluded for him as part of the 2007 Port Grand Final team.

Personal life

Wakelin's identical twin Shane Wakelin played alongside him at St Kilda. Wakelin was born on 11 August 1974. Shane was born on 12 August as he was born a number of minutes after midnight and Darryl was a born a number of minutes before midnight. He was born in Whyalla, South Australia but moved to Kimba, South Australia at just six months old. His father was a wheat sheep farmer. He was 13 when he moved to Port Lincoln, South Australia. At 16 he was identified by Port Adelaide along with his twin brother and they made the move down to Adelaide.

Trivia

• Wakelin has a pharmacy degree from the Victorian College of Pharmacy.

See also

• 1994 SANFL Grand Final

References

1. ^ "AFL 1996 Ansett Cup Grand Final - St Kilda v Carlton". Slattery Media Group. 1996-03-23. http://images.slatterymedia.com/image/?image_id=141079. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
2. ^ "1997 Season Scores and Results – Ladder". AFL Tables. Unknown. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/1997.html#lad. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 

External links

• Darryl Wakelin's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
• Darryl Wakelin's statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Wakelin, Darryl
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Date of birth	11 August 1974
Place of birth	Whyalla, South Australia
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