David Cockatoo-Collins

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

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| name = David Cockatoo-Collins

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| fullname = David Cockatoo-Collins

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|4|1|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Port Adelaide (SANFL)

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 71 kg

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| statsend = 1997

| years1 = 1995–1997

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 2 (0)

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David Cockatoo-Collins (born 1 April 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}{{cite web|url=http://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=David+Cockatoo-Collins| title=David Cockatoo-Collins| publisher=Demon Wiki}}

An Indigenous Australian, he is a younger brother of Che Cockatoo-Collins and twin brother of Don Cockatoo-Collins, both from Cairns, Queensland.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}} He made two appearances for Melbourne, over three seasons.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Don_Cockatoo-Collins.html AFL Tables: Don Cockatoo-Collins]{{cite news |last1=Blucher |first1=Peter |title=Melbourne Demons: The Queensland Connection |url=https://www.aflq.com.au/melbourne-demons-the-queensland-connection/ |work=AFL Queensland |date=22 September 2021 |language=en-AU}}

The twins made their league debuts together, in the opening round of the 1996 AFL season, against Geelong at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Cockatoo-Collins.html AFL Tables: David Cockatoo-Collins] His only other appearance came the following year, in round 17, against Collingwood. He played as a small forward.