David Parkin

David Parkin
Personal information
Full name	David Parkin
Date of birth	12 September 1942 (1942-09-12)
Original team	Melbourne High School
Height/Weight	180cm / 80kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1961–1974	Hawthorn	211 (21)
Coaching career3
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1977–1980 1981–1985 1986–1988 1991–2000 Total	Hawthorn Carlton Fitzroy Carlton	94 (57–37–0) 120 (79–40–1) 69 (30–39–0) 235 (139–94–1) 518 (306–210–2)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1974 season . 3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2000.
Career highlights
Hawthorn best and fairest 1965 Hawthorn captain 1969–73 Hawthorn premiership side 1971 Subiaco captain 1975 Hawthorn premiership coach 1978 Carlton premiership coach 1981, 1982, 1995 All-Australian coach 1995

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

Pre-football career

He attended Melbourne High School and during his time there, was the school vice-captain and captain of football.

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 went to Western Australia and captain-coached Subiaco in 1975. He was back at Hawthorn as Assistant coach to John Kennedy in 1976. Kennedy retired at the end of 1976 and Parkin was promoted to senior Coach.

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

David Parkin Premiership Teams