David Wearne (born 10 May 1970) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with the

Brisbane Bears The Brisbane Football Club, nicknamed the Bears, was a professional Australian rules football club based in Queensland on the Gold Coast (relocated to Brisbane in 1993). The club participated in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/A ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL). Wearne played his early football at

Coorparoo Coorparoo is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coorparoo had a population of 16,282 people. Geography Coorparoo is by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO. It borders Camp Hill, Holland Park, Stones Corner ...

and joined Brisbane's senior list after being picked up in the 1990 pre-season draft. He broke into the team late in the

1990 AFL season The 1990 AFL season was the 94th season of the Australian Football League (AFL) and the first under this name, having been known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. It was the highest level senior Australian rules football competition ...

and appeared in the final eight rounds of the year, averaging 16 disposals.AFL Tables: David Wearne
/ref> In 1991 he played in another eight games and was also a rover in the Brisbane reserves side which won the premiership. They defeated the Melbourne reserves in the grand final, a team which featured his brother Stephen Wearne. He continued playing in the

Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland. Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland ...

when he AFL career ended and in 1994 won the Joe Grant Medal for his performance with Morningside in their grand final win.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wearne, David 1970 births Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Bears players Coorparoo Football Club players Morningside Australian Football Club players Living people