Scott Wheeldon (born ) is a former English professional

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footballer who played as a for Hull F.C.,

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Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

Featherstone Rovers Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Post Office Road and currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. Featherstone ...

and

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Background

Wheeldon was born in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a historic maritime city and unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Est ...

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, England.

Career

He is a product of

Hull FC Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Hull play their home games at the MKM Stadium and compete in Super League, the t ...

's academy ranks. Wheeldon made his

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début in 2006. In the same year, he appeared for Hull F.C. in the 2006 Super League Grand final, playing from the interchange bench in his side's 4-26 defeat by St. Helens. Wheeldon then went on to sign for local rivals

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

in 2008 and made his début in the Robins home game against Celtic Crusaders. Wheeldon transferred to

in 2012 and spent two seasons there before joining the

in 2014. He featured for the Tigers in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final defeat by the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...

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. In 2014 Wheeldon was voted the best player of table 21 at the Castleford Tigers end of year player awards. In November 2015, it was announced that Wheeldon had signed for

on a 3-year deal. However, two seasons later he was released having played over 50 games and scoring 12 tries. Following his release by the Eagles, Wheeldon joined their

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rivals

in October 2017. Having played 37 during the 2018 season for "Fev", Wheeldon re-joined the Eagles, where he ended his senior playing career in 2021.

References

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Featherstone Rovers profileSheffield Eagles profileCas Tigers profile
1986 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen Castleford Tigers players English rugby league players Featherstone Rovers players Hull F.C. players Hull Kingston Rovers players London Broncos players London Skolars players Rugby league players from Kingston upon Hull Rugby league props Sheffield Eagles players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub