David Buttifant (born 3 March 1964) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played for
Richmond
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in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) in 1987. He was recruited from the
Koroit Football Club in the
Hampden Football League. He later played for
Box Hill in the
Victorian Football Association
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.
He was
Collingwood's sport science director for 13 years, mostly under the coaching tenure of
Mick Malthouse, and he played an important role in Collingwood's 2010 premiership victory and assisting the Magpies to Grand Finals in 2002, 2003 and 2011.
While at Collingwood, he led the way with the use of altitude in pre-season training.
He resigned from the Magpies in September 2013,
[ and joined the Carlton Football Club, where Malthouse was now coaching, in the same role.
He had previously worked with the Australian Olympic team. Prior to the Sydney Olympics he worked at North Melbourne Football Club as Head of Fitness between 1994 -199]
(ref) He has a PhD in exercise physiology.[
He currently Director of Resilience Builders https://resiliencebuilders.com.au/
]
References
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Living people
1964 births
Richmond Football Club players
Koroit Football Club players
Box Hill Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Australian sports scientists
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