David Parkin

David Parkin (born 12 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach. He attended Melbourne High School.

Pre-football career

Was a Primary School teacher.

Playing career

Parkin was a tough back-pocket player who played 211 games for the Hawthorn Football Club (and kicked 21 goals) in a career spanning from 1961-1974. He won the Best and Fairest award for Hawthorn in 1965, and was captain of the club from 1969-1973. He represented Victoria 5 times at interstate football, and also played in Hawthorn's 1971 premiership.

Coaching career

Parkin was an innovative coach, first with Hawthorn (1977-1980), winning a flag in 1978. He coached Carlton in his first stint from 1981-1985, winning back to back premierships in 1981-1982. He coached Fitzroy from 1986-1988 with little success, and then returned to Carlton for another stint between 1991-2000. He was named Carlton's coach in their Team of the Century, and during this second stint he won the 1995 premiership. He also took Carlton to the Grand Final in 1999 which they lost to Kangaroos, at the end of the 2000 season he retired as Carlton coach and handed the coaching reins to Wayne Brittain .

Post-coaching career

Parkin is currently a media commentator who has appeared on Talking Footy on the Seven Network and also Fox Footy and is currently a commentator for ABC Radio. In 2002 he was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

He is a lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science at Deakin University, Melbourne campus. He holds a BEd from the University of Western Australia.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery in March 2009.

References

• David Parkin, AFL Coach at celebrityspeakers.com

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