David Thorpe (born 30 May 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Richmond in the VFL.
He won the Charles Sutton Medal for the club's best and fairest player in 1968 and 1972.
Thorpe missed out on the award in 1969 despite polling well in the Brownlow Medal, finishing the count in 6th position.
Thorpe transferred to Richmond in 1974 and was a member of that season's premiership team, defeating North Melbourne in the grand final.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1940s is a stub.