Dan Moriarty was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) South Australian Football League (SAFL).

Moriarty began his career late because of World War I, but became a charging defender with brilliant judgment. Moriarty is the only player to have won three consecutive Magarey Medals as the fairest and most brilliant player in the league, all while playing with South Adelaide Football Club.

In 1996 Moriarty was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In 2002 he was inducted into the South Australian National Football League Hall of Fame.

[edit] Career highlights

• 97 games for South Adelaide, 1919 - 1925, captain 1925
• South Adelaide best and fairest 1923
• Played 22 consecutive matches for South Australia
• Triple Magarey Medallist 1919, 1920 and 1921

[edit] References

• Ross, John (1999). The Australian Football Hall of Fame. Australia: HarperCollinsPublishers. pp. p. 101. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X. 
• AFL Hall of Fame
• Dan Moriarty, fullpointsfooty.net.

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