Danny Frawley | Personal information |
| Birth | 8 September 1963 (1963-09-08) (age 46) |
| Recruited from | East Ballarat |
| Height and weight | 191cm / 95kg |
| Playing career¹ |
| Debut | 1984, St Kilda vs. , at |
| Team(s) | St Kilda (1984-1995) 240 games, 13 goals |
| Coaching career¹ |
| Team(s) | Richmond (2000-2004) |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season |
| Career highlights |
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Danny Frawley (born 8 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.
Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer which led to his nickname of Spud, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was the longest serving captain of the St Kilda Football Club and enjoyed a career from 1984-1995. He was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2007.[1]
[edit] Coaching career
Frawley took up the coaching reins at the Richmond Football Club in 2000, where they just missed out of the finals finishing 9th. In 2001 he took the Tigers into the finals where in the preliminary final they were eliminated by the Brisbane Lions who were the eventual premiers. In 2002, however, Richmond struggled and finished 14th. This continued in 2003, where, after a 6-2 start to the season, they lost 13 of their next 14 matches and finished 13th.
Frawley and Richmond kept struggling and finished 16th and got the wooden spoon in 2004, and midway through the season he announced he would resign at season's end.[2]
Since he left coaching he has been a special comments man for Triple M.[3] In June 2006, he coached a victorious Victorian State of Origin side in the AFL Legends Match and he became the chief executive of the AFL coaches association.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Danny Frawley is married to Anita Frawley, who was a host of the Fox Footy Channel's Living with Footballers show,[4] and has 3 daughters.
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