| Don Whitten | |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1935 |
| Originalteam: | Braybrook |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Position: | Centreman |
| Club1: | Footscray |
| Years1: | 1956–1958 |
| Games Goals1: | 24 (3) |
| Club2: | Yarraville |
| Years2: | 1961–1963 |
| Games Goals2: | 56 (80) |
| Statsend: | 1968 |
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Don Whitten (16 September 1935 – 28 December 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Whitten, who played for Footscray in the under-19s, joined his brother Ted in the senior team in 1956.[1] He played 24 games over three seasons with Footscray, often as a centreman, then in 1959 joined Western District Football League club Casterton as coach.[2] [3]
He coached Casterton to a premiership in 1960, but was then replaced in the role by two-time Essendon best and fairest winner, Reg Burgess.[3] [4]
Instead, Whitten played for Yarraville in 1961 and was a member of their premiership side that year.[1] [5] He captained the club in 1963, a year in which he finished second in the J. J. Liston Trophy, to teammate Ron Clegg.[6]
From 1964 to 1968, Whitten was coach of Tocumwal in the Murray Football League.[7] [8] During his tenure, Tocumwal made three consecutive grand finals and won the premiership in 1967.[9]
Whitten died on 28 December 2021, at the age of 86.[10]