Bruce Waite

Bruce Waite
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-05-22) 22 May 1946 (age 78)
Original team(s)	Albury
Height	192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1965–1969	Essendon	48 (29)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1969.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bruce Waite (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s.

A ruckman from Albury, Waite often played in a forward pocket for Essendon. He came off the bench as a reserve in Essendon's 1965 VFL Grand Final win over St Kilda to end his debut season in a premiership team.

Waite won the Ovens and Murray Football League best and Fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1972, playing for the Myrtleford Football Club.

References

• Bruce Waite's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.