Darryl White

White grew up in Alice Springs in central Australia, playing junior football for the Pioneer Football Club. Like many of his peers he had a difficult adolescence, but had a natural talent for football. In 1990 he represented the Northern Territory at the Teal Cup under-17 national football carnival held in Brisbane, where he came to the attention of Brisbane Bears coach Robert Walls and his football manager Scott Clayton. Impressed with his clean ball handling skills, his leap and his ability to "play tall", the Bears drafted him at the end of the season with a priority draft pick from their Queensland-Northern Territory recruiting zone.

References

• Burke, B. 2001, 'White thankful for lucky timing', The Australian, 19 September, p. 24.
• Cartwright, D. 2005, 'White's nine goals earn fond farewell', The Courier-Mail, 26 August, p. 58.
• Morris, G. 2004, 'NT champ is first to 250', Northern Territory News, 2 June, p. 48.
• Steele, S. 2005, 'Lions farewell a favourite', The Sunday Mail, 28 August, p. 98.
• Voss, M. 2005, 'Band of brothers lights up the football world - on and off the field', Sunday Age, 17 July, p. 6.
• Walls, R. 2002, 'Cubs Could Only Dream Of Premierships, Now Lions Are The Stuff Of Nightmares', The Age, 27 March, p. 1.