David Gallop is an Australian sports administrator, lawyer and served as the chief executive of the Football Federation Australia until December 2019.

He started a sports administration course at Canberra College of Advanced Education but bowed out after just a week for arts at the Australian National University.

In 2002, the then table-topping Canterbury Bulldogs were stripped of all competition points and finished wooden spooners after being found cheating the salary cap.

[4] Gallop also had to deal with the mid-season defection of Bulldogs star Sonny Bill Williams to French rugby union.

[5][6] In February 2012, coinciding with the formation of the new NRL independent commission and the exit of News Limited from its control of the game, Gallop's contract as CEO was formally extended a further four years.

During his time as CEO, Gallop oversaw the introduction of the FFA Cup competition bringing together clubs from the national level A-League as well as state based leagues.

[8] Gallop would prove an unpopular administrator at times within Australian soccer, with fan boycotts of A-League games reducing crowds by 32% in late 2015, protesting his decision to not defend the Australian football community after an article by News Corp journalist Rebecca Wilson leaked the identity of 198 supporters who had been banned from matches by the FFA, as well as a lack of a transparent appeals process for bans.