David Bain (Australian footballer)
David Bain | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 2 May 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Albany, Western Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Maylands, East Perth Football club | ||
Draft | No. 16, 1988 national draft | ||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
Position(s) | rover | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1989–1993 | Brisbane Bears | 86 (44) | |
1994 | Fitzroy | 12 | (4)|
Total | 98 (48) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
David Bain (born 2 May 1966) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bain started his career in the WAFL with East Perth Football Club playing 72 games with them from 1985 to 1988 and kicking 41 goals. He was their best and fairest winner in 1988 and also won that year's Sandover Medal.
In 1989 he left Western Australia and joined the Brisbane Bears. Bain was the joint winner of Brisbane's best and fairest in 1990 with Martin Leslie. He also finished equal fourth in the Brownlow Medal count. In 1994 he crossed to Fitzroy and spent a season with the club.
The third part of his career was spent in the QAFL where he had a successful stint as captain of the Southport Sharks, leading them to four premierships and winning two Grogan Medals.
External links
[edit]- David Bain's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- David Bain at AustralianFootball.com
- 1966 births
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Brisbane Bears players
- East Perth Football Club players
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Southport Australian Football Club players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Albany, Western Australia
- Sandover Medal winners
- Brisbane Bears Club Champion winners
- Western Australian State of Origin players
- Australia international rules football team players
- Sport in Albany, Western Australia
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules biography, 1960s birth stubs