FLOOD, David

David Flood played a couple of Under 19s games in 1985 and also represented Victoria in the Teal Cup that same year. He was an Under 17 All-Australian in 1986.

He came to Essendon as a key forward with a good mark and strong kick but also played his fair share of games in defence.

Flood made his debut with two goals in a huge win over St Kilda at Windy Hill in 1986, but played only one more game for the year. This was to be the pattern to his time at Essendon and he struggled to put games together. His best season was 1992 when he managed 15 games for Essendon.

He played a couple of finals games in 1993 but was not part of the premiership win over Carlton that year.

Flood was awarded life membership of the Club in 1995.

In 1999 he was appointed part time Essendon Football Club Development/Welfare Coordinator. This became a fulltime postion in 2000.

He left the Club at the end of 2003 to accept the senior coaching job at Coburg, He was coach for two seasons and then coached the Calder Cannons to the 2007 TAC Cup premiership. In 2008 he was appointed as a development coach at Hawthorn.

In 2022, Flood returned to Nhill to help the Nhill and District Sporting Club rise up the ladder.