Not to be confused with David Hynes

David Hynes

David Thomas Hynes is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers in the Australian Football League between 1991 and 1997....

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David Haynes (born 10 June 1981) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 and Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Haynes was picked up by West Coast with the 16th selection of the 1999 AFL Draft

1999 AFL Draft

The 1999 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft, a national draft, a trade period and a rookie elevation. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.In 1999 there...

, which the Eagles had secured from Fremantle

Fremantle Football Club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...

 in exchange for Brendon Fewster

Brendon Fewster

Brendon Fewster is an Australian rules footballer. He played for both the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL and West Perth in the WAFL, mainly as a full forward....

. Originally from North Warrnambool, Haynes spent the majority of his first two seasons in the WAFL

West Australian Football League

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 and was a member of East Perth's

East Perth Football Club

The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League...

 2001 premiership team. A half forward flanker, he kicked 27 goals from 21 appearances for West Coast in 2003.

He had played at the Geelong Falcons

Geelong Falcons

The Geelong Falcons are a junior Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup competition, Victoria, Australia.The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to groom them for AFL selection...

 prior to being recruited to the AFL and in the 2003 AFL Draft

2003 AFL Draft

The 2003 AFL Draft was the 2003 instance of the AFL Draft, the annual draft of talented players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League...

 was traded to Geelong, for the 20th draft pick which was used on Sam Butler

Sam Butler

Sam Butler is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is a member of the West Coast Eagles team who won the 2006 AFL Premiership....

. In 2004 he played 16 games, three of them in the finals series, but was delisted after registering just three appearances the following season.