David Flood (born 22 February 1969) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
Flood, a
Nhill
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population of 1,749. "Nhill" i ...
recruit, struggled with injuries during his time at Essendon. He was primarily a key forward but was used often as a defender. After playing under-19s football with Essendon, Flood made his league debut in
1986
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and kicked two goals on debut against
St Kilda at
Windy Hill. As the club had won the previous two VFL premierships, Flood found it difficult to establish a place in the team and managed only 15 games in his first four seasons. He played his most regular senior football in
1991
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and
1992
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with 27 appearances. In
1993
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, despite participating in the Semi Final and Preliminary Final wins, Flood was omitted from the winning
Grand Final side.
Following the end of his career with Essendon, Flood played briefly with
South Australian National Football League
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Originally formed as the ...
(SANFL) club
Central District.
Returning to Essendon in 1999, Flood became the club's Development and Welfare Coordinator. In 2004 he left Essendon to accept the senior coaching job at
Coburg
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, vacated by
Paul Spargo
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. He was coach for two seasons and then coached the
Calder Cannons
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to the 2007
TAC Cup
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premiership. In 2008 he was appointed as a development coach at
Hawthorn
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.
References
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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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1969 births
Living people
Essendon Football Club players
Coburg Football Club coaches
Nhill Football Club players
Central District Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)