David Gallagher (born 5 August 1980) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who has played in the

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and the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

. Gallagher was recruited from the Prahran Dragons in the

TAC Cup The Talent League (also known as the Coates Talent League under naming rights and previously as the NAB League and TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition based in Melbourne and run by the Australian Foot ...

to the

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990. The Crows have fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 199 ...

with the 32nd selection in the 1998 AFL Draft. After playing 26 games over three seasons, including an AFL Rising Star nomination in 1999 he was traded to Carlton in return for Ben Nelson. He played in seven of the first nine games of the 2002 season, but did not play again in the AFL and was delisted. After his AFL career, Gallagher has had a long and successful

(VFL) career with the

Sandringham Football Club The Sandringham Football Club, nicknamed the Zebras, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, Victoria, Sandringham. It currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VF ...

, playing more than 150 games between 2003 and 2011. He won consecutive premierships with the club in 2004, 2005 and 2006,Sandringham Football Club
Gallagher named Sandringham Captain for 2011
29 March 2011, Retrieved 23 April 2011. twice won the

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award, in 2004 and 2009, and was made club captain in 2011. However, immediately prior to the 2012 season, he became frustrated with the nature of Sandringham's reserves affiliation with AFL team , and left the club. He returned to the VFL in 2013, signing with the

Frankston Football Club The Frankston Football Club, nicknamed the Dolphins, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston, Victoria, Frankston. The club was formed in 1887 and has played in the Victorian Football League (VFL), forme ...

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* Lovett, M. (ed.) (2005) ''AFL 2005'', Australian Football League: Melbourne. . Adelaide Football Club players Carlton Football Club players Sandringham Football Club players Prahran Dragons players Frankston Football Club players 1980 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian people of Sri Lankan descent {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub