David Brady (born 1974) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Mayo county team in midfield in the 1990s and 2000s. As of 2020, he works as a journalist.^[2][3]

Brady grew up in Ballina, County Mayo; his mother was from Mayo and his father from Castleconor, County Sligo.^[4] He has twin younger brothers, Ger Brady and Liam Brady.

Brady played in midfield for Ballina Stephenites and Mayo.

In 1994 and 1995 he was on the under-21 teams that lost the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship final.

Brady was on the Mayo team that lost the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final; he missed the 1997 final due to a broken leg.^[5] Mayo won the 2000–01 National Football League and Brady was also on the team that lost the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.^[6]

In 2005 his club Ballina Stephenites won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, Brady finally winning an All-Ireland final after losing his first seven.^[7][8]

In 2003 Brady retired from the inter-county team, but returned; he retired again in 2005, but returned to play on the Mayo team that lost the 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.^[9][10]

He finally retired in 2008, in part due to back pain.^[11][12]

In 2012 Brady managed the Ballina Stephenites senior team.^[13]

Since retiring, Brady has worked as a sports journalist and pundit, appearing on TV3 and Newstalk.^[14][15] He also writes for the Intersport Elverys Blog.^[16] Brady is also active on Twitter.^[17] He was the subject of a 2020 Laochra Gael episode.^[18]

Brady works as a medical sales rep.^{[15][inconsistent]} His wife is from Dublin; they have two children.^[19][4]