David Pittman

For the American football player, seeDavid 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	202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	98 kg (15 st 6 lb; 216 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman/ centre half-back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1992–1999	Adelaide	131 (34)
1Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
2×AFL premiershipplayer (1997,1998) Adelaide Team of the Decade— interchange 5State of Origingames forSouth Australia
Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com

David Pittman(born 23 February 1969) is a formerAustralian rules footballerwho played for theAdelaide Crowsin theAustralian Football League(AFL).

Originally fromSouth Australian National Football League(SANFL) clubNorwood,Pittman was drafted by Essendon in the1989 VFL Draftbut played no games for them. He was traded to Adelaide in 1991 and made his AFL debut with Adelaide in1992,playing as aruckman.

Pittman is sometimes remembered for an incident early in the1997 AFL seasonwhere Adelaide coachMalcolm Blightlabelled his effort "pathetic" after a game at theMCGinMelbourne.The 1997 season turned out to be one of Pittman's most successful as he moved betweencentre half-backand the ruck playing an important part in the Crows'premiership side that year.

Pittman also played in the1998 AFL Grand Final,winning his second premiership. At the end of1999,Pittman retired having played 131 games for 34 goals and 5 games for South Australia.

Statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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