| David Buttifant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | David Buttifant | ||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1964 | ||
| Original team(s) | Koroit, (Hampden) | ||
| Position(s) | Full-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1987 | Richmond | 2 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1987. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
David Buttifant (born 3 March 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1987. [1] He was recruited from the Koroit Football Club in the Hampden Football League. He later played for Box Hill in the Victorian Football Association. [2]
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The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Between its inception in Richmond, Melbourne in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), winning two premierships. Richmond joined the Victorian Football League in 1908 and has since won eleven premierships, most recently in 2017.
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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. [3] While at Collingwood, he led the way with the use of altitude in pre-season training. [4] He resigned from the Magpies in September 2013, [3] and joined the Carlton Football Club, where Malthouse was now coaching, in the same role. [5]
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Michael Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and former Australian Football League (AFL) coach and current media personality. Although his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in 1980, he is best known for his long coaching career at four clubs and holds the record for coaching the most VFL/AFL games.
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He had previously worked with the Australian Olympic team. He has a PhD in sports physiology. [6]
In 2011, Malthouse and Buttifant authored the book The Ox Is Slow But The Earth Is Patient. [4]
He currently[ when? ] is the Head of Strength and Conditioning for Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Football Club in the VAFA.[ citation needed ]
