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{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1969}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2015}}
{{For|the American football player|David Pittman (American football)}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = David Pittman
| image = 
| fullname = David Pittman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|2|23}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Norwood Redlegs|Norwood]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| height = {{convert|202|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|98|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Ruckman (Australian rules football position)|Ruckman]] / centre half-back
| statsend = 1999
| years1 = 1992–1999
| club1 = {{AFL Ade}}
| games_goals1 = 131 (34)
| careerhighlights =
*2× [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|AFL premiership]] player ([[1997 AFL Grand Final|1997]], [[1998 AFL Grand Final|1998]])
*[[Adelaide Football Club#"Team of the Decade"|Adelaide Team of the Decade]] — interchange
*5 [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football#State of origin|State of Origin]] games for [[South Australia Australian rules football team|South Australia]]
}}

'''David Pittman''' (born 23 February 1969) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played for the [[Adelaide Crows]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).

Originally from [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL) club [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]], Pittman was drafted by Essendon in the [[1989 VFL Draft]] but played no games for them. He was traded to Adelaide in 1991 and made his AFL debut with Adelaide in [[1992 AFL season|1992]], playing as a [[Ruckman (Australian rules football position)|ruckman]].

Pittman is sometimes remembered for an incident early in the [[1997 AFL season]] where Adelaide coach [[Malcolm Blight]] labelled his effort "pathetic" after a game at the [[MCG]] in [[Melbourne]]. The 1997 season turned out to be one of Pittman's most successful as he moved between [[centre half-back]] and the ruck playing an important part in the Crows' [[1998 AFL Grand Final|premiership side that year]].<ref name=e>{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|581}}</ref>

Pittman also played in the [[1998 AFL Grand Final]], winning his second premiership. At the end of [[1999 AFL season|1999]], Pittman retired having played 131 games for 34 goals and 5 games for South Australia.<ref name=e/>

==Statistics==
:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Pittman.html|title=David Pittman|publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref>
{{AFL player statistics legend/ruckman}}
{{AFL player statistics start/ruckman}}
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1992 AFL season|1992]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 13 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 3.0 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 13.0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 AFL season|1993]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 17 || 1 || 1 || 51 || 95 || 146 || 43 || 17 || 130 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.0 || 5.6 || 8.6 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 7.6
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 AFL season|1994]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 20 || 1 || 2 || 78 || 85 || 163 || 61 || 12 || 69 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.9 || 4.3 || 8.2 || 3.1 || 0.6 || 3.5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 AFL season|1995]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 18 || 9 || 2 || 117 || 116 || 233 || 59 || 20 || 307 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 6.5 || 6.4 || 12.9 || 3.3 || 1.1 || 17.1
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 AFL season|1996]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 19 || 8 || 8 || 119 || 132 || 251 || 83 || 10 || 338 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 6.3 || 6.9 || 13.2 || 4.4 || 0.5 || 17.8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 AFL season|1997]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 23 || 4 || 7 || 149 || 89 || 238 || 65 || 13 || 317 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 6.5 || 3.9 || 10.3 || 2.8 || 0.6 || 13.8
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 AFL season|1998]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 18 || 5 || 4 || 75 || 59 || 134 || 36 || 10 || 229 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 4.2 || 3.3 || 7.4 || 2.0 || 0.6 || 12.7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 AFL season|1999]]
|{{AFL Ade}}
| 15 || 15 || 6 || 4 || 90 || 56 || 146 || 45 || 3 || 262 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 6.0 || 3.7 || 9.7 || 3.0 || 0.2 || 17.5
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| Career
! 131
! 34
! 28
! 680
! 635
! 1315
! 393
! 85
! 1665
! 0.3
! 0.2
! 5.2
! 4.8
! 10.0
! 3.0
! 0.6
! 12.7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1997/98 Adelaide dual premiership players}}
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| title = David Pittman in South Australian State of Origin teams
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{{1993 South Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1995 South Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1997 South Australia State of Origin players}}
{{1999 South Australia State of Origin players}}
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{{1989 VFL national draft}}

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[[Category:Adelaide Football Club premiership players]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
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[[Category:Norwood Football Club players]]
[[Category:South Australian State of Origin players]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia]]
[[Category:VFL/AFL premiership players]]
[[Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen]]


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