Daniel "Danny" Stanley (born 18 February 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Stanley played his junior football with the Ocean Grove Football Club in the Bellarine Football League (BFL).

Danny Stanley
Personal information
Full name Daniel Stanley
Date of birth (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 21, 2005 National Draft, Collingwood
No. 5, 2010 Rookie Draft, Gold Coast
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007–2009 Collingwood 05 0(0)
2011–2016 Gold Coast 83 (39)
Total 88 (39)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

AFL career

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Collingwood career (2007–2009)

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Stanley was recruited by the Collingwood in the 2005 AFL Draft. He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2009 season.[1]

After being de-listed by Collingwood in October 2009, Danny trained with Fremantle before being selected by Gold Coast in the 2010 Pre-Season Draft.[2][3]

Gold Coast career (2011–2016)

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He finished the 2011 season playing every game, and finished with a tally of 20 goals.

He was delisted in October 2015,[4] however, he was re-drafted in the 2016 Rookie Draft.[5] He failed to break into the senior side in 2016 due to injury and was delisted again at the season's conclusion.[6]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2006 Collingwood 28 0
2007 Collingwood 28 2 0 0 11 7 18 8 3 0.0 0.0 5.5 3.5 9.0 4.0 1.5
2008 Collingwood 28 2 0 0 14 11 25 8 5 0.0 0.0 7.0 5.5 12.5 4.0 2.5
2009 Collingwood 28 1 0 0 3 12 15 3 1 0.0 0.0 3.0 12.0 15.0 3.0 1.0
2011 Gold Coast 25 22 20 18 197 248 445 99 76 0.9 0.8 9.0 11.3 20.2 4.5 3.5
2012 Gold Coast 25 13 1 3 163 150 313 92 36 0.1 0.2 12.5 11.5 24.1 7.1 2.8
2013 Gold Coast 25 18 10 7 179 197 376 89 66 0.6 0.4 9.9 10.9 20.9 4.9 3.7
2014 Gold Coast 25 22 7 5 203 167 370 89 61 0.3 0.2 9.2 7.6 16.8 4.0 2.8
2015 Gold Coast 25 8 1 4 77 46 123 20 21 0.1 0.5 9.6 5.8 15.4 2.5 2.6
2016 Gold Coast 25 0
Career 88 39 37 847 838 1685 408 269 0.4 0.4 9.6 9.5 19.1 4.6 3.1

References

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  1. ^ Bernard, Jonathan (17 November 2009). "Player review: 28. Danny Stanley". Collingwood Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  2. ^ Chadwick, Justin (2 November 2009). "Dodd's braveness costs him half of 2010". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. ^ Burgan, Matt (15 December 2009). "Gold Coast drafts for 'steel' and experience". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Three delisted ahead of List Lodgement deadline". GoldCoastFC.com.au. Bigpond. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ^ Guthrie, Ben (27 November 2015). "Adcock heads rookie draft's second-chance saloon". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. ^ Boswell, Tom (1 September 2016). "Gold Coast Suns delist four players from their list". Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Danny Stanley stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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