{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = David Broad | image = | country = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|9|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Melbourne, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = | batting = | bowling = | role =
| club1 = Victoria | year1 = 1976-1980 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 =
| date = 5 December | year = 2015 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4277.html Cricinfo }} '''David Broad''' (born 25 September 1953) is an Australian former cricketer. He played 13 first-class cricket matches and two List A matches for Victoria between 1976 and 1980.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4277.html |title=David Broad |accessdate=5 December 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
Broad's cricket career was ended in January 1981 when he almost severed and broke his thumb, and forefinger on his right hand while using a bench saw.<ref>Bright, W. "Broad's bad break", ''Cricketer'', Newspress PTY LTD: Melbourne, p.41.</ref>
==See also== * List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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