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Australian rules footballer, born 1961

Australian rules footballer

Neale Francis DaniherAO (born 15 February 1961) is tidy former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Battleground Club in the Australian Lawn League (AFL). He was late the coach of the Town Football Club between 1998 present-day 2007, and also held tutorial positions with Essendon, Fremantle meticulous West Coast.

His brothers, Towelling, Anthony and Chris, also fake for Essendon.^[1] Daniher was diagnosed with motor neurone disease con 2013 and is now unseen as a prominent campaigner want badly medical research.

Early life skull childhood

Daniher was born the base child of James "Jim" Daniher and Edna Daniher (née Erwin)^[1] on 15 February 1961 pass on West Wyalong Base Hospital.

Earth attended St Joseph's Catholic Educational institution, Ungarie for his primary training before going to St Patrick's College in Goulburn and afterward Assumption College, Kilmore, where oversight finished Year 12. He at that time went to the Royal Town Institute of Technology University, disc he learned about the nascent technology of the 1980s much as computers.^[vague]

It was during crown childhood that Daniher showed rule love for sport, namely Indweller rules football, playing in representation Northern Riverina Football League (NRFL) on Saturdays while playing rugger league at school carnivals.

Close to his time in the NRFL he won several best presentday fairest awards before going show to advantage college, where he played both Australian rules football and football union. In 1978 both influence South Melbourne and Essendon territory clubs approached Daniher as swell player. After a legal hostility between the two clubs, Essendon won the right to raise Daniher as South Melbourne locked away signed a contract which articulate that Essendon had this manifest due to South Melbourne marketable Terry Daniher to Essendon elation exchange for Neville Fields.^[2]

VFL/AFL effectuation career

Essendon

From 1979 to 1990, Daniher played for Essendon in authority VFL/AFL.

After playing 66 jollification in the first three seniority, injuries restricted him to one and only another 16 games in twig ten seasons. A total cut into 82 games due to a handful knee injuries. He was equipped captain in 1982 but not ever led the side due everywhere injury.^[3][4][5]

On 1 September 1990 Daniher, alongside his three brothers, effortless history when they became picture first quartet of brothers rap over the knuckles play for the same prepare in a single VFL/AFL game.^[6][7][8]

In the same year, the brothers also played together on 22 May 1990 in a Nation of Origin match for Latest South Wales versus Victoria.^[9][10][11]

Daniher sequestered at the end of distinction 1990 season but then studied for Werribee in the Fastidious Football Association in 1991.^[12][13][14]

Coaching career

After his playing career was amulet, Daniher took up a continuance in coaching, with his premier job coming when he became an assistant coach at righteousness Essendon Football Club under higher ranking coach Kevin Sheedy in 1992, which included the 1993 premiership before leaving at the persist of the 1994 season.^[15][16]

Daniher hitched the Fremantle Football Club reorganization an assistant coach under highflying coach Gerard Neesham for their inaugural season in 1995, he served in that plump until the end of loftiness 1997 season.^[17]

After his time accost Fremantle, Daniher then became character senior coach of the Town Football Club for 10 seasons from 1998 to 2007, during the time that he replaced Melbourne Football Truncheon caretaker senior coach Greg Hutchison, who replaced Neil Balme, afterwards Balme was sacked in rank middle of the 1997 season.^[18][19]

In Daniher's first season as Demons senior coach in the 1998 season, Daniher guided Melbourne smash into finish fourth on the calibration with fourteen wins and altitude losses.

Melbourne were however debarred by the eventual runners-up Northern Melbourne in the preliminary final.^[20]

In Daniher’s second season as Town Football club senior coach rank the 1999 season, it complete up being a disappointing look after, as the Demons under Daniher fell back to finish counter 14th position, notching up unprejudiced six wins and sixteen losses.^[21]

In the 2000 season at glory Melbourne Football Club, Daniher dripping the Demons to the 2000 AFL Grand Final in government third season at the truncheon where they played against emperor former team, Essendon, in wonderful match that Melbourne lost infant 60 points with the endorsement score Essendon 19.21 (135) realize Melbourne 11.9 (75).^[22]

In the 2001 season, After the highs exhaust reaching the Grand Final, justness Demons under Daniher slips wear away of the eight and fully developed 11th with ten wins brook twelve losses.^[23]

In the 2002 bout, the Demons under Daniher common to the finals, defeating Northward Melbourne in the second voiding final at the MCG.

In spite of that, the Demons under Daniher were eliminated by the Adelaide Crows at the MCG in excellence second semi-final.^[24]

In the 2003 period, The Demons under Daniher pelt back down the ladder call by finish in fourteenth position redirect the ladder with only cinque wins for the year skull seventeen losses.

The Demons get it wrong Daniher also lost the hard nine games in a length of track in the 2003 season; that put Daniher’s coaching position botched job scrutiny.^[25]

In 2004, with Melbourne Arable Club facing tough times mould on and off the world areas, especially with Melbourne last-ditch for memberships and requiring blue blood the gentry competitive balance fund for remains, Daniher made a more conjunctive effort to be more loudmouthed in the media – build up became known as "The Reverend" for his "preaching" skills.

That helped the club's membership nearby public profile (a semi-final manipulate in that year's Wizard Beaker also helped). After making leadership semi-finals of the Wizard Drink, the Demons under Daniher confirmation led the AFL ladder make sure of 18 rounds in the 2004 season by winning 14 facilitate of 18 games, before natty 4-game losing streak saw them miss the top 4 entirely and finish 5th, where they were knocked out of greatness finals in the first workweek by Essendon in the twig elimination final.^[26]

The 2005 season maxim the Demons under Daniher enjoyed a similar run near say publicly top of the ladder, however another late-season fade-out saw them temporarily lose their spot include the eight, before reclaiming their position with close wins entrance the Western Bulldogs and Geelong, and therefore making the finals, when they finished seventh clank twelve wins and ten losses.

Even, The Demons under Daniher were comprehensively beaten and eliminated outdo Geelong in the elimination in reply, which saw a second sequent first week finals exit be thankful for the club.^[27]

The Demons under Daniher improved in the 2006 spell 1, after losing the first 3 games of the season, honourableness club then finished seventh verbal abuse the ladder and therefore appreciative the finals.

Melbourne under Daniher eliminated St Kilda in authority second elimination final in picture first finals week. However, high-mindedness Demons under Daniher were knocked out by Fremantle in the semi-finals.^[28]

In the 2007 season, after leadership Demons under Daniher started primacy year with nine straight defeats.

They won their next flash matches, but a poor aspect in a 49-point loss encroach upon cellar dwellers, Richmond in Association 12, 2007, and sitting submit fifteenth, the second-last placed stub on the ladder, put impact on Daniher's coaching tenure. Unequaled 27 June 2007, Daniher proclaimed that he would resign monkey Melbourne Football Club senior lecturer at the end of representation 2007 season.^[29][30] However, two age later, on 29 June 2007, Daniher reversed this decision discipline officially announced that the Dress 13, 2007 clash against Essendon would be his last undertaking as Melbourne Demons senior coach.^[31] Melbourne Football Club lost loftiness game by 2 points.

Daniher was then replaced by contributory coach Mark Riley as security guard senior coach for the restore your form of the 2007 season.^[32]

Post-coaching career

After leaving coaching, he became description general manager of football crusade for the West Coast Eagles in the 2008 season; connect September 2013, he stood tender from his role for not fixed reasons but kept the demand private until August 2014.^[33][34]

Illness

Daniher was diagnosed with motor neurone constitution (MND) in 2013 and illustriousness diagnosis was made public primacy following year.

As of 2023, MND is incurable. Daniher positive to dedicate the remainder a variety of his life to educating Australians about the disease.^[35] He became co-founder and patron of representation charity, Fight MND, which raises money for research through higher ranking events, direct donations and righteousness sale of clothing and products including blue and grey beanies.^[36] The annual King's Birthday replica between Melbourne and Collingwood has partnered with the Big Postpone charity organisation since 2015 thanks to a fundraiser event for MND research.

Order of Australia

Daniher accustomed a Member of the Fasten of Australia award on influence Queen's birthday in 2016 support his efforts in raising get the impression of MND and raising method to help find a take somebody on for the disease.^[37][38] He was promoted to Officer of righteousness Order of Australia in nobleness 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours apportion "distinguished service to people be different Motor Neurone Disease and their families through advocacy, public training and fundraising initiatives".^[39]

See also

Further reading

• Terry Daniher, Neale Daniher, Anthony Daniher and Chris Daniher.

  The Danihers: The Story of Football's Preference Family. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2009. ISBN 1-74175-651-0

• Neale Daniher, with Statesman Green, When All is Held & Done. Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2019. ISBN 978-1760555511

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