Dave Harding

{{short description|English-born Australian soccer player}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dave Harding

| fullname = David Harding{{Hugman|8250|access-date=31 March 2017}}

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1946|08|14}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1965–1966

| years2 = 1968

| years3 = 1977

| years4 = 1980

| years5 = 1980–1981

| clubs1 = Wrexham

| clubs2 = Pan Hellenic

| clubs3 = Western Suburbs

| clubs4 = Blacktown City

| clubs5 = A.P.I.A. Leichhardt

| caps1 = 10

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = ?

| caps4 = ?

| caps5 = 11

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = ?

| goals3 = ?

| goals4 = ?

| goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1974–1977

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalcaps1 = 45

| nationalgoals1 = 11

| club-update = 18 June 2007

| ntupdate = 18 June 2007

}}

David Harding (born 14 August 1946)[http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1974/squad_aus74.html Planet World Cup – 1974 – Squads – Australia] is an Australian former football (soccer) midfielder. He played for Wrexham from 1965 to 1966, New Brighton in the Cheshire League 1967-68 and then South Liverpool in the Northern Premier League,Jawad, Hyder (2013), Rest in Pieces: South Liverpool FC 1894-1994, p456 before moving to Australia where he played for Pan Hellenic, Western Suburbs, Blacktown City and APIA until 1981. In this time he won NSW representative honours in 1974 against Bristol Rovers.

Harding was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented Australia 45 times between 1974 and 1977 scoring 11 times.

More recently he has played for non-league Hatfield Lions in the WELAFA Premier league before moving to Division One side London Fields FC where he continues his impressive scoring record.