Wayne Weidemann (born October 21, 1966) is an Australian rules football coach and former player. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players He is most notable for his career in the Australian Football League with the Adelaide Crows. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest This page is for the Australian Rules Football Club in Adelaide
Nicknamed "Weed", he was a fearsome looking character with long blond hair and a fierce star reminiscent of a Viking warrior. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas He had a cult following amongst Adelaide fans, and the collective cry of "Weed" could be heard whenever he went near the ball during an Adelaide home game.
Weidemann played 68 AFL games between 1991-1996 and kicked 26 goals. Before playing with the Crows in the AFL, Weidemann was a player for the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the SANFL. Woodville-West Torrens Eagles is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL Clubs Several clubs share their nicknames with AFL/VFL clubs This is purely coincidental the teams are not named after each other After his retirement from the AFL, he took up the position as senior coach with the West Adelaide Football Club, before being sacked from the position in 2007. West Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club nicknamed The Bloods in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL [1]
Wayne has been an assistant coach at Devonport in the Tasmanian Football league and won a William Leitch Medal while playing for them in 1998. The William Leitch Medal was an annual award which was presented to the Best and Fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League.