David Hugh Polkinghorne (born 1 February 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the VFL.
Renowned for his awkward kicking style, he played in Hawthorn premiership teams in 1976 and 1978.
In the 1982 Qualifying Final against Carlton he was struck in the face by Wayne Johnston and then gave evidence against him at the tribunal, thus breaking a code of silence.
[2] His younger brother Robert Polkinghorne, played 5 games for Hawthorn between 1979 and 1980.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1950s is a stub.