David Neitz

David Neitz was born on 22 January 1975 and is a retired Australian rules footballer, a strongly built forward who debuted at 18 years old and proved capable of playing at both ends of the ground. He was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to reach 300 games, and he is considered one of the greatest players to come from Tasmania. Born in Ulverstone, he was named an All-Australian in 1995 and 2002, led Melbourne's goalkicking seven times, and in 2002 won the Coleman Medal for leading the league in goals, the first Melbourne player to do so, together with the club Best and Fairest Award. He later sat on the AFL Tribunal jury.