Craig Ellis is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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Football career

He started out as a rover with the Western Jets

Western Jets

The Western Jets Football Club are an Australian rules football club who play in the U18 competition, the TAC Cup. The club have developmental squads in the U15 and 16 age groups, however much of the attention is towards its U18 team....

 and debuted for the Footscray Football Club (now Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

) in 1994. Early injuries hampered his career but he drastically improved during the 1997 season where he took many saving marks at centre half-back

Centre half-back

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.

In 2002, Ellis moved for one season to the Melbourne Football Club

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

, in which he had a solid year, playing 14 consecutive games, but decided to retire at the end of the season.

Post-football career

Today, Ellis is the owner/designer of clothing label St Lenny, located in Prahran Victoria.

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