Birth name | David Edward Stanley Fitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 January 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Scotch College, Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Medical Doctor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Fitter (born 27 January 1977) is a retired Australian rugby union player who played for The Wallabies, Sydney University, Western Force, The Brumbies and London Irish.
Fitter played Australian rules football at Scotch College prior to switching to rugby. In June 2003, he joined the Australia ‘A’ squad playing Japan at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo. [1]
After retiring from rugby he returned to school at Melbourne University to study biomedicine and then postgraduate medicine. [2]
He is now an Emergency Doctor.
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