Michael, who had played his junior football for the Whitford Wildcats[1] in West Perth Football Club's District in Western Australia, was picked in the 2003 National Draft at number 46.
[2] Pettigrew played his first game for Port Adelaide just after his nineteenth birthday in 2004.
He played his 100th AFL game in Round 13 of the 2011 season, against West Coast and finished his AFL career in that 2011 season, having played 103 games over eight years.
[3] On returning to Western Australia, Pettigrew played in the 2012 and 2013 West Australian Football League seasons with West Perth Football Club.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1980s is a stub.