David Willis (born 9 January 1968) 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

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in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). A ruckman, Willis came to Sydney from

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club Henty. He first broke into the Swans team late in the 1988 season and remained in the side for the rest of the year, as well as the first 13 rounds in 1989, before being injured. His 1990 season didn't begin until round 20 due to a groin injury and he only played once in 1991. He was forced into retirement in 1992, when he broke a bone in his neck.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Willis, David 1968 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Sydney Swans players Living people