He played at Unley High School for five years and then moved to the Glandore Football Club under future South Adelaide team mate Tony Shaw.
He continued his playing career when he entered teachers' college and then joined the South Adelaide Football Club.
In the late 1970s he joined the Onkaparinga Valley Football Club where he was playing coach for four years.
He also did a great deal of kayaking including competing in several Murray Marathons (each 100 km long).
He was commissioned to write a book on the history of Mount Barker called Mountain Upon the Plain.