Andrew "ET" Ettingshausen was born on 29 October 1965 and is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.
37 Facts About Andrew Ettingshausen
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Andrew Ettingshausen was originally signed to the Cronulla side as a teenager before making his debut at the age of 17, while still at school.
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Andrew Ettingshausen quickly cemented a place in the Sharks first grade side and ultimately played 328 first grade games with the club over eighteen seasons.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was inducted into the NRL Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was born in the southern Sydney suburb of Sutherland, and began his rugby league career playing for his local club side at the age of six.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was scouted and signed as a junior to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
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Andrew Ettingshausen's debut was somewhat of an uneventful affair, although he did cross for a try in the second half.
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In 1987, Andrew Ettingshausen made his debut for New South Wales on the wing in Game 1 of the 1987 State of Origin series at Lang Park in Brisbane.
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Andrew Ettingshausen came of age on tour, playing in 12 games and finishing as the highest try scorer for the 28-man touring squad with 15, including hat-tricks against powerhouse English sides St Helens and Wigan in the opening two games.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was then picked at fullback for all three tests against Great Britain in The Ashes.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was selected on the wing for NSW for games 1 and 2 of the 1993 Origin series, and at centre for game 3.
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Andrew Ettingshausen remains the only player to be the leading try scorer on consecutive Kangaroo tours.
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Andrew Ettingshausen then toured with the Australian SL team to Great Britain and France at the end of 1997, playing all four tests in the centres.
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Andrew Ettingshausen played in the club's preliminary final defeat against St George at Stadium Australia.
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Andrew Ettingshausen played on for Cronulla in the 2000 NRL season which would be his last.
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Andrew Ettingshausen ended up playing a total of 328 first grade games, all for Cronulla which at the time became the record for the most games for a single club, and 6th highest overall.
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Andrew Ettingshausen's record was broken when Darren Lockyer played his 329th game for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 25 of the 2009 NRL season.
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Andrew Ettingshausen successfully sued the magazine for originally $350,000 which was later reduced to $100,000 after appeal.
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In 2012, Andrew Ettingshausen admitted to having a 12-month affair with the wife of close friend Paul Mellor.
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Andrew Ettingshausen first played in the annual City vs Country Origin game in 1988.
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Andrew Ettingshausen would go on to make eight appearances for the team until his final selection in 1996.
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Andrew Ettingshausen scored 4 tries in the 8 games, and in a pointer to higher representative honors, his first game was on the wing.
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Andrew Ettingshausen made his New South Wales debut in the 1987 State of Origin series, and over the next nine years went on to bring his tally of State of Origin games to twenty-seven.
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Andrew Ettingshausen made his debut on the wing but went on to cover both the positions of fullback and centre, scoring a total of seven Origin tries, plus another three in his three games for NSW during the 1997 Super League Tri-series where he played all games, including the series Final against Queensland at the ANZ Stadium in Brisbane, in the centres.
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Andrew Ettingshausen played in 29 Test matches for Australia between 1988 and 1997.
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Andrew Ettingshausen made his test debut in the green and gold on 11 June 1988 against the touring Great Britain Lions, playing on the wing at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was selected to both the 1990 and 1994 Kangaroo Tours, playing in all 9 tests played over the two tours, and holds the distinction of being the only ever Kangaroo Tourist to be the leading try scorer on consecutive tours, crossing for 15 tries on each tour.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was selected to the 1991 tour of Papua New Guinea.
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In total, Andrew Ettingshausen played 29 tests for Australia, plus another 15 tour matches.
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Andrew Ettingshausen scored 14 test tries and 25 in the tour games.
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Andrew Ettingshausen's 165 tries is the fifth highest tally in Australian first grade rugby league, behind Ken Irvine, Steven Menzies, Alex Johnston and Billy Slater.
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Andrew Ettingshausen's tally is the second highest total for any player who played their entire career at a single club behind Slater who has played his entire career for the Melbourne Storm.
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In February 2008, Andrew Ettingshausen was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was named amongst the ten and was then further honoured by being picked as one of the three first immortals of the club along with Gavin Miller and Steve Rogers.
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In 2014, Andrew Ettingshausen won an Asian Television Award for best sports presenter.
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In 2019, Andrew Ettingshausen competed in the sixth season of Australian Survivor.
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Andrew Ettingshausen was eliminated on Day 14 and finished in 19th place.