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David Parkin Personal information Full name David Parkin Date of birth 12 September 1942 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
TotalHawthorn
Carlton
Fitzroy
Carlton94 (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 David Parkin (born 12 September 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer and four-time premiership coach.
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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 Hawthorn Football Club 1971 VFL Premiers Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Kennedy Hawthorn Football Club 1978 VFL Premiers Hawthorn 18.13 (121) defeated North Melbourne 15.13 (103), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Parkin Carlton Football Club 1981/1982 VFL Premiers Coach: Parkin Carlton Football Club 1995 AFL Premiers Carlton 21.15 (141) defeated Geelong 11.14 (80), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Coach: Parkin Captains of the Hawthorn Football Club 1925: Jackson • 1926: Minogue/Burke • 1927: Lethlean • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Mills • 1933: Twomey • 1934: Mills • 1935–1937: McAlpine • 1938: Mills • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942: Carmody • 1943: Williams • 1944: Bohan • 1945: Shea • 1946: Bohan • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: O'Donohue/Curran • 1952: O'Donohue • 1953–1954: Fletcher • 1955–1959: Kennedy • 1960–1964: Arthur • 1965: Arthur/Peck • 1966–1968: Arthur • 1969–1973: Parkin • 1974–1975: Crimmins • 1976–1980: Scott • 1981–1985: Matthews • 1986–1991: Tuck • 1992–1993: Ayres • 1994: Langford • 1995–1998: Dunstall • 1999–2004: Crawford • 2005–2007: Vandenberg • 2008–2010: Mitchell • 2011: HodgeCoaches of the Hawthorn Football Club 1925: Hall • 1926–1927: Minogue • 1928: Sutton • 1929: Chadwick • 1930–1931: Harris • 1932: Jackson • 1933: Rademacher • 1933–1934: Twomey • 1935–1938: McAlpine • 1939: Thomas • 1940–1941: Mills • 1942–1943: Cazaly • 1944: Lahiff • 1945–1946: Shea • 1947–1949: Albiston • 1950–1951: McCaskill • 1952–1959: Hale • 1960–1963: Kennedy • 1964–1965: Arthur • 1966: O'Donohue • 1967–1976: Kennedy • 1973: Simonds • 1977–1980: Parkin • 1981–1987: Jeans • 1988: Joyce • 1989–1990: Jeans • 1991–1993: Joyce • 1994–1995: Knights • 1996–1999: Judge • 2000–2004: Schwab • 2001: Connolly • 2004: McDonald • 2005–: ClarksonItalics denote caretaker coachCoaches of the Carlton Football Club 1902–1909: Worrall • 1909–1911: Elliott • 1912: Clark • 1913: Wells • 1914–1918: Clark • 1919: Valentine • 1920–1922: Clark • 1922–1923: Clover • 1924: Parratt • 1925: Caldwell • 1925: O'Brien • 1926: Brew • 1927: Clover • 1928: Brew • 1929–1934: Minogue • 1935–1936: Maher • 1937: Rowe • 1938–1940: Diggins • 1941–1955: Bentley • 1956–1958: Francis • 1959–1964: Hands • 1965–1971: Barassi • 1972–1975: Nicholls • 1972; 1975: McKenzie • 1976–1977: Thorogood • 1978: Stewart • 1978: Silvagni • 1978–1979: Jesaulenko • 1980: Jones • 1981–1985: Parkin • 1986–1989: Walls • 1989–1990: Jesaulenko • 1991–2000: Parkin • 2001–2002: Brittain • 2003–2007: Pagan • 2007–: RattenItalics denote caretaker coachCoaches of the Fitzroy Football Club 1911–1912: Moriarty • 1913–1915: Parratt • 1916–1919: Holden • 1919: Melling • 1920–1921: Parratt • 1922–1924: Belcher • 1925: Lethbridge • 1926–1927: Belcher • 1928: Rattray • 1929: Ringrose • 1929: Freake • 1930–1931: Niven • 1932–1933: Maher • 1934: Wigraft • 1934: Cashman • 1935: Rowe • 1936: Bunton • 1937–1939: Rattray • 1940–1942: Minogue • 1943–1947: Hughson • 1945: Hillard • 1948: Cameron • 1949–1951: N. Smith • 1952–1954: Ruthven • 1955–1957: Stephen • 1956: Curcio • 1958–1962: Len Smith|L. Smith • 1961: Edwards • 1963–1964: Murray • 1963: Clark • 1964: Williams • 1965–1970: Stephen • 1968: Slocum • 1971–1974: Donaldson • 1974: Campbell • 1975–1977: Rose • 1978: Campbell • 1979–1980: Stephen • 1981–1985: Walls • 1986–1988: Parkin • 1989–1990: Austin • 1991–1994: Shaw • 1995: Quinlan • 1995: McConnell • 1996: Nunan • 1996: McConnellItalics denote caretaker coachPeter Crimmins Medal • Hawthorn Football Club Best and Fairest Winners 1927: Utting • 1930: Utting • 1931: Sharpley • 1932: Spinks • 1933: Mills • 1934: Loveless • 1935: Mills • 1936: Murphy • 1937: Murphy • 1938: Spinks • 1939: Mills • 1940: Angwin • 1941: Albiston • 1942: Barker • 1943: Bohan • 1944: Blackman • 1945: Bohan • 1946: Albiston • 1947: Culpitt • 1948: Curran • 1949: Austen • 1950: Kennedy • 1951: Kennedy • 1952: Kennedy • 1953: Fletcher • 1954: Kennedy • 1955: Arthur • 1956: Simmonds • 1957: Hughes • 1958: Arthur • 1959: Woodley • 1960: Edwards • 1961: Law • 1962: Arthur • 1963: Law • 1964: Law • 1965: Parkin • 1966: Wilson • 1967: Keddie • 1968: Hudson • 1969: Keddie • 1970: Hudson • 1971: Matthews • 1972: Matthews • 1973: Scott • 1974: Matthews • 1975: Knights • 1976: Matthews • 1977: Matthews • 1978: Matthews/Knights • 1979: Moore • 1980: Matthews • 1981: Wallace • 1982: Matthews • 1983: Wallace • 1984: Greene • 1985: Brereton • 1986: Ayres • 1987: Platten • 1988: Dunstall • 1989: Dunstall • 1990: Collins • 1991: Allan • 1992: Dunstall • 1993: Dunstall • 1994: Platten • 1995: Jarman • 1996: Salmon • 1997: Salmon • 1998: Crawford • 1999: Crawford • 2000: Chick/Holland • 2001: Smith • 2002: Crawford • 2003: Crawford • 2004: Everitt • 2005: Hodge • 2006: Mitchell • 2007: Sewell • 2008: Franklin • 2009: Mitchell • 2010: Hodge • 2011: MitchellGavin Wanganeen (Essendon) • Stephen Silvagni (Carlton) • Ang Christou (Carlton)
Michael Mansfield (Geelong) • Glen Jakovich (West Coast) • Wayne Campbell (Richmond)Forwards
Garry Lyon (Melbourne) • Wayne Carey (North Melbourne) • James Hird (Essendon)
Darren Jarman (Adelaide) • Gary Ablett, Sr. (Geelong) (Captain) • Tony Lockett (Sydney)Coach
David Parkin (Carlton)Categories:- 1942 births
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