:Dave Pear

{{Short description|American football player (born 1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Defensive tackle, nose tackle

| number = 65, 74, 76

| high_school = Benson Polytechnic {{nowrap|(Portland, Oregon)}}

| college = Washington

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 260

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, Washington, U.S.

| death_date =

| draftyear = 1975

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 56

| teams =

• Baltimore Colts (1975)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976–1978)
• Oakland Raiders (1979–1980)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 79

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 62

| statlabel3 = Fumbles recovered

| statvalue3 = 7

| pfr = PearDa00

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XV)
• 2× All-Pro (1977, 1978)
• Pro Bowl (1978)
• First-team All-Pac-8 (1973)
• Second-team All-Pac-8 (1974)

}}

David Louis Pear (born June 1, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers player to be selected to a Pro Bowl and played in Super Bowl XV for the winning Oakland Raiders.

Pear played college football for the Washington Huskies football in Seattle under longtime head coach Jim Owens. He was selected in the third round of the 1975 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts with the 56th overall pick.

Through his football career, Pear suffered a number of injuries which required spinal surgery and hip replacement and have resulted in vertigo, memory loss,{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2009/12/18/pear|work=SI.com |first=Jeff |last=Pearlman |title=Former NFL star Dave Pear is sorry he ever played football |agency=(Pearls of Wisdom) |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=August 20, 2019}} and speech impairment.{{cite news |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/on-a-collision-course-with-the-nfl-dave-pear-is-playing-to-win/ |work=Seattle Times |agency=(Pacific Northwest magazine) |last=Eskenazi |first=Stuart |title=On a collision course with the NFL, Dave Pear is playing to win |date=February 3, 2008 |access-date=August 20, 2019}}

He has also been quoted saying, "Don't let your kids play football. Never."