Dave Bryden

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Dave Bryden

| image =

| fullname = David Greenhill Bryden

| nickname = Miner

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|6|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wonthaggi

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|8|30|1927|6|23|df=y}}{{cite news | title=BRYDEN, DAVID GREENHILL

| work=Herald Sun | date=2 September 2013|url=http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/notice/2074084/view | access-date=15 March 2025|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205237/http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/notice/2074084/view}}

| death_place = Broadmeadows

| originalteam = Wonthaggi

| height = 187 cm

| weight = 86 kg

| position = Ruckman

| guernsey = 18

| statsend = 1955

| repstatsend = 1951

| years1 = 1947–1955

| club1 = {{AFL Foo}}

| games_goals1 = 147 (56)

| sooyears1 = 1951

| sooteam1 = Victoria

| soogames_goals1 = 3 (?)

| careerhighlights = *VFL premiership player: 1954

}}

David Greenhill Bryden (23 June 1927 – 30 August 2013) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Bryden was an old school ruckman-cum-back pocket recruited from Wonthaggi, Victoria who, at his prime was considered one of the best ruckmen in the Victorian Football League.{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|84}} Bryden played for the Victorian interstate team in 1951 and was second best on ground in the 1954 VFL Grand Final. He played for the Bulldogs between 1947 and 1955, kicking 56 goals in 147 games. After leaving Footscray he coached and played for Nhill in country Victoria for three years. He coached to finals in 2 of the 3 years. He then returned to Melbourne and played for Kensington in the Sunday league at the age of 31 for 3 seasons. He won the best and fairest in each of the 3 years at that club.