David Alexander Parkin was born on 12 September 1942 and is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League.
28 Facts About David Parkin
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David Parkin attended Hawthorn West Primary School, the birthplace of his passion for Australian rules football.
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David Parkin completed his secondary education at Melbourne High School; during his time there he was the school vice-captain and the captain of the football team.
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David Parkin was a tough back-pocket player who played 211 games for the Hawthorn Football Club in a career spanning from 1961 to 1974.
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David Parkin won the Best and Fairest award for Hawthorn in 1965, and was captain of the club from 1969 to 1973, including Hawthorn's 1971 premiership winning side.
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David Parkin went to Western Australia and captain-coached Subiaco in 1975.
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David Parkin was back at Hawthorn as Assistant coach under senior coach John Kennedy in 1976.
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Kennedy retired at the end of 1976 and David Parkin was promoted to senior coach.
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David Parkin replaced John Kennedy as Hawthorn Football Club senior coach after Kennedy stepped down.
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David Parkin was senior coach with Hawthorn from 1977 to 1980 and became the second person to coach Hawthorn to a premiership in 1978.
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David Parkin was then replaced by Allan Jeans as Hawthorn Football Club senior coach.
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David Parkin then replaced Peter Jones as senior coach of Carlton Football Club, at the end of the 1980 season.
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David Parkin was sacked as Carlton Football Club senior coach at the end of the 1985 season and was replaced by Robert Walls in a jointly announced agreement with Fitzroy Football Club to swap senior coaches for 1986.
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David Parkin then replaced Robert Walls as senior coach of Fitzroy in a jointly announced agreement with Carlton Football Club to swap senior coaches.
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Fitzroy under David Parkin made the preliminary final in his first season at the Lions as senior coach, but failed to reach the finals in the following two years.
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David Parkin was sacked by Fitzroy as senior coach at the end of the 1988 season.
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David Parkin was then replaced by Rod Austin as Fitzroy Football Club senior coach.
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David Parkin then returned to become the senior coach of Carlton for a second stint from 1991 until 2000.
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David Parkin was named Carlton's Coach of the Century, and is regarded by Carlton supporters as the club's greatest ever coach.
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David Parkin took Carlton to Grand Finals in 1993 and 1999 which they lost to Essendon and North Melbourne, respectively.
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David Parkin then returned to Hawthorn in 2001 as director of coaching under senior coach Peter Schwab, where he continued until 30 October 2002, when he left the club after the end of the 2002 season.
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David Parkin is currently a media commentator who has appeared on Talking Footy on the Seven Network and a commentator for ABC Radio.
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David Parkin was a panellist on Fox Footy's now defunct show, Fox League Teams.
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David Parkin is a lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science at Deakin University, Melbourne campus.
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David Parkin holds a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Australia.
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David Parkin was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent surgery in March 2009.
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David Parkin received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2013.
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David Parkin was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2010.