David Donato is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (AFL).

Donato was taken at pick three in the 1990 AFL Draft

1990 AFL Draft

The 1990 AFL Draft was the 5th annual draft of Australian rules footballers to the 14 clubs in the Australian Football League. It consisted of the national draft held at the end of the 1990 season, the pre-season draft, held before 1991 AFL season and a mid-season draft.Clubs receive picks based...

, behind Stephen Hooper

Stephen Hooper

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 and fellow Tasmanian James Cook

James Cook (Australian footballer)

James Cook is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne in the Australian Football League .-Carlton:...

. Like them, Donato had only a brief league career, with all his games coming in the second half of the 1991 season

1991 AFL season

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, from which he averaged 12 disposals.

He finished his football career back at his original club, Clarence

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

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