BUHAJ, Wally

Wally Buhaj was a stocky half-forward from Oak Park who played for the Under 19s in 1965, finishing second in the Best and Fairest Award.

He had difficulty getting a regular senior game and 10 of his 15 games were as a reserve.

He won the Reserves Best and Fairest award in 1968 and was also a member of the Reserves premiership team in that year.

He was cleared to Burnie in Tasmania in the 1969 mid-season draft and played there in 1969 and 1970. He went to Mayne in Queensland in 1971 and was runner-up in the Grogan Medal for Best and Fairest in the Queensland League in that year.

Buhaj played with Wilston Grange from 1972 to 1974 and later with Strathpine for two years.