David Round (born 25 June 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL). Round, the son of former

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winner

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, was drafted by the Western Bulldogs under the

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. He was recruited from the

Calder Cannons The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the NAB League, the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition, and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was forme ...

and before that played at Strathmore. A ruckman, he was aged 18 when he made his AFL debut in round three of the 1997 AFL season, against Richmond at the

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. He could only manage one kick but kept his spot in the side for the following week's fixture against

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. Round again struggled to have an impact, with just two hit-outs and a solitary kick. Having been delisted at the end of the season, Round was rookie listed by

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. However, he did not play a senior game and ended up at

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(VFL) club Williamstown, another of his father's former clubs. In 1999 he won Williamstown's " best and fairest" award but by 2001 was spending a lot of time in the reserves. He performed so well in the 2001 VFL reserves competition that he took home the Todd Medal, as the league's best player. In 2002 he moved to Queensland to join

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and was a

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winner in his first season. He won another Grogan Medal in 2005, this time while at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Round, David 1978 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Western Bulldogs players Williamstown Football Club players Southport Australian Football Club players Broadbeach Australian Football Club players Calder Cannons players Strathmore Football Club players Living people