Gavin Whittaker

Who is Gavin Whittaker?

Gavin Whittaker is a former Australian professional rugby league player for the Bulldogs, Gold Coast and the Western Suburbs Magpies. Gavin Whittaker joined Canterbury in 1992 as a prop forward.

Gavin became a regular member of the reserve grade team and in 1993, received the opportunity to play first grade against Penrith as a replacement. He played in the reserve grade Preliminary Semi-Final against Newcastle.

In 1994, Gavin was a regular member of the reserve grade team but missed the finals due to injury.

In 1995, Gavin became captain of the reserve grade team and in 1996, Gavin joined Gold Coast to play 31 games from 1996 to 1998.

His son, Shai Whittaker has later played for representative teams from 2007-13 such as the Gold Coast Titans U18's and Queensland U17's.