Danny Frawley

Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules footballer and football commentator. He worked for Fox Sports. He coached the Richmond Football Club between 2000 and 2004.

Danny Frawley
Frawley during a pre-season match in 2017
Personal information
Full name Daniel Patrick Frawley
Nickname(s) Spud
Date of birth (1963-09-08)8 September 1963
Place of birth Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death 9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 56)
Place of death Millbrook, Victoria
Original team Bungaree (CHFL)
Debut Round 4, 1984, Template:AFL StK
v. Template:AFL Haw, at Princes Park
Position(s) Full back
Career highlights
  • St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
  • St Kilda captain: 1987–1995
  • All-Australian team: 1988
  • St Kilda best and fairest: 1988

He was the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Hawthorn Football Club player James Frawley. Frawley worked for the St Kilda Football Club as a specialist defence coach on a part-time basis.[1]

Frawley was born in Ballarat, Victoria.

On 9 September 2019, Frawley was killed in a car crash near Millbrook, Victoria.[2][3] He was 56 years old.[4]

References

  1. "St Kilda Football Club Coaching Staff". saints.com.au. St Kilda Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. Hope, Zach (9 September 2019). "AFL legend Danny Frawley killed in crash near Ballarat". The Age. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. "Footy personality dead after Victorian car crash". News.com.au. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. Batty, Belinda (9 September 2019). "Driver dies following Millbrook crash". Victoria Police. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

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