David Pittman

For the American football player, see David Pittman (American football).

David Pittman
Personal information
Full name	David Pittman
Date of birth	(1969-02-23) 23 February 1969
Original team(s)	Norwood (SANFL)
Height/Weight	202 cm (6 ft 8 in) / 98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman / Centre Half-Back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992-99	Adelaide	131 (34)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999 season.
Career highlights
Adelaide Crows Premiership player 1997 and 1998 Adelaide Crows Team of the Decade (1991-2001) - 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 Waverley Park 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

Season	Team	#	Games	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B	D	K	H	M	T	H/O	G	B
			Totals									Averages (per game)
1992	Adelaide	15	1	4	1	3	1	0	13	0	0	4.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	0.0	0.0
1993	Adelaide	15	17	146	51	95	43	17	130	1	1	8.6	3.0	5.6	2.5	1.0	7.6	0.1	0.1
1994	Adelaide	15	20	163	78	85	61	12	69	1	2	8.2	3.9	4.3	3.1	0.6	3.5	0.1	0.1
1995	Adelaide	15	18	233	117	116	59	20	307	9	2	12.9	6.5	6.4	3.3	1.1	17.1	0.5	0.1
1996	Adelaide	15	19	251	119	132	83	10	338	8	8	13.2	6.3	6.9	4.4	0.5	17.8	0.4	0.4
1997	Adelaide	15	23	238	149	89	65	13	317	4	7	10.3	6.5	3.9	2.8	0.6	13.8	0.2	0.3
1998	Adelaide	15	18	134	75	59	36	10	229	5	4	7.4	4.2	3.3	2.0	0.6	12.7	0.3	0.2
1999	Adelaide	15	15	146	90	56	45	3	262	6	4	9.7	6.0	3.7	3.0	0.2	17.5	0.4	0.3
Career			131	1315	680	635	393	85	1665	34	28	10.0	5.2	4.8	3.0	0.6	12.7	0.3	0.2