David Robertson (Australian footballer)

David Robertson
Personal information
Full name	David Robertson
Date of birth	(1962-08-15) 15 August 1962
Original team(s)	North Adelaide
Draft	21st, 1986 VFL Draft
Height / weight	178 cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1988–1989 1991 Total -	Collingwood Essendon	17 (9) 3 (1) 20 (10)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.

David Robertson (born 15 August 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Essendon in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Robertson won the "Best and Fairest" award for the North Adelaide Under 19s in 1981 and would go on and play 71 senior games for the SANFL club as well as make one appearance for South Australia. He participated in North Adelaide's 1985 and 1986 SANFL Grand Final losses to Glenelg. In 1987 North Adelaide made a third successive grand final and this time won, however Robertson missed out as had chosen to sit out the last year of his contract. This was because the club hadn't granted him a clearance to Collingwood, who had picked him up in the 1986 VFL Draft.^[1]

His two seasons at Collingwood brought him 17 games and he played a final each year.^[2] He joined North-Eastern Victorian club Euroa in 1990 but returned to Melbourne when Essendon selected him in the mid-season draft. Although not used by Essendon that year, he played three senior games in 1991.^[3]

References

↑ The Age, "Time to test even the best official", 9 November 1987. p. 38
↑ AFL Tables: David Robertson
↑ "Robertson, David". Essendon Football Club official website.

1986 VFL national draft

First round	1. Martin Leslie 2. Steven Sims 3. Steven Febey 4. Richard Anderson 5. Michael Taylor 6. Richard Cousins 7. Chris Lindsay 8. Grantley Fielke 9. Andrew Payze 10. John Brinkkotter 11. Jason Taylor 12. Dominic Fotia 13. Clayton Lamb

Second round	14. Scott Adams 15. Andrew Wickham 16. Matthew Febey 17. Trent Nichols 18. Mark O'Keefe 19. Matthew Mansfield 20. Brenton Harris 21. David Robertson 22. Kieran Sporn 23. Lyndon Dakin 24. Matthew Armstrong 25. Doug Smart 26. Darrin Pritchard

Third round	27. Adam Garton 28. Darren Mansell 29. Craig Walker 30. Matthew Sexton 31. Glen Keast 32. Wayne Mahney 33. Malcolm Shippen 34. Craig Kelly 35. Peter Reid 36. Donald Thompson 37. Chris Duthy 38. Simon Minton-Connell 39. Matthew Queen

Fourth round	40. Stephen Williams 41. Brett Jaffray 42. Anthony Lovell 43. Andrew Gray 44. Tim Britt 45. James Pyke 46. Gary Brooker 47. Brendan Hogan 48. Stephen Riley 49. Craig Elias 50. Alastair Lynch 51. Andrew Herring 52. Robin McKinnon

Fifth round	53. Michael Templeton 54. Paul Page 55. Darren Jarman 56. Greg Whittlesea 57. Michael Billman 58. Perry Meka 59. Wayne Morrissey 60. Wayne Tanner 61. Andrew Underwood 62. Laurie Menhenut 63. Peter Winter 64. Darren Newlan 65. Tony Symonds

1990 AFL mid-season draft

1. Laurence Schache
2. Dale Lewis
3. Mark Brady
4. Andrew Payze
5. Tim Williamson
6. Craig Cross
7. Darren Bartsch
8. Phil Krakouer
9. Steven Cummings
10. Craig McNaughton
11. Damian Stoney
12. Jamie Duursma
13. Andrew Hardiman
14. Paul Morrish
15. David Greenhill
16. Paul Smit
17. Darron Wilkinson
18. Scott Turner
19. Anthony Pavey
20. Darren Read
21. Luke Hampshire
22. Jamie Grant
23. Damian Sexton
24. Jamie Weeding
25. Peter Vandermeer
26. Stephen Anderson
27. David Robertson
28. Dean Strauch
29. Tim Symes
30. Darren Collins
31. Damian Hancock
32. Michael Frost
33. Bernie Harris
34. Stephen Moloney
35. Paul Hogarth
36. Jason Morton
37. Andrew Mills
38. Glen Bartlett
39. Nick Tsiotinas
40. Chris Melican
41. Martin Cameron
42. David Morrison
43. Michael Thomson
44. Barry Spierings
45. Jolyon Keeble

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