Trevor Burnett is one of AFL Sydney’s most decorated players having won the Phelan Medal in 1999 as well as three Snow Medal’s in 1991, 2001 & 2002. In addition to this he also won the Rod Podbury Medal as Best on Ground in the 1999 Grand Final.
Trevor was a member of the Wollongong side which entered the AFL Sydney competition in 1989. He captained the club in 1991, the same year as he won the clubs Best & Fairest Award.
In 1992, Trevor moved to Campbelltown, and spent  nine years with the Blue and Whites winning their Best & Fairest Award on four occasions (1995,1996,1998 & 1999) and captained the club from 1997 – 2000, which included their Premiership in 1999.
Trevor returned to Wollongong in 2001, where he assumed the captaincy, a role he held also in 2002, 2004 & 2005. He won the clubs Best & Fairest Award in 2001. He also led the Lions to their first AFL Sydney Premiership in 2004.
His final season of football in 2005 coincided with Wollongong’s entry into the AFL Sydney Premier Division Competition.
Trevor was selected in the AFL Team of the Year in 1999 & 2000 and represented AFL Sydney from 1992-1995 and again in 1999. He also represented ACTAFL in 1998, when Campbelltown played in the ACT competition. Burnett was selected to represent NSW in 1999.
Trevor returned to Wollongong in 2009 as non-playing coach.
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