David Pittman

David Pittman
Personal information
Full name	David Pittman
Born
Died
Original teamTemplate:Pluralize from text	Norwood (SANFL)
Height
Weight
PositionTemplate:Pluralize from text	Ruckman / centre half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992–1999	Adelaide	131 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
2× AFL premiership player (1997, 1998) Adelaide Team of the Decade — interchange 5 State of Origin games for South Australia

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

Originally from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) 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, playing as a 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' premiership side that year.

Pittman also played in the 1998 AFL Grand Final, winning his second premiership. At the end of 1999, Pittman retired having played 131 games for 34 goals and 5 games for South Australia.

Statistics

Template:AFL player statistics legend/ruckman Template:AFL player statistics start/ruckman |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |Adelaide | 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 |}

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