Anthony Joseph "Bos" Daly (9 January 1874 – 21 August 1942) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for the five teams in the
South Australian Football Association
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as the ...
(SAFA) between 1893 and 1912.
Family
He is the brother of
John "Bunny" Daly, who was also inducted in the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Football
In 1893, whilst playing for
Norwood, he set a record for the most goals kicked by a player in a single game of elite football, which has been equaled but remains unbeaten to date. Daly kicked 23 of Norwood's 29 goals in a 27-goal win over
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...
(unrelated to the
modern-day AFL team). However, due to the visitors being unable to field a full team, the game was played with fourteen players per side instead of the normal twenty of the time.
Daly kicked 88 goals for the season, including 49 against Adelaide (he kicked five (on debut), six, and fifteen goals in the other three matches), who dropped out of the SAFA and folded at the end of 1893. Daly's season total remained an elite football record until broken by
Bonny Campbell
Hugh "Bonny" Campbell (1 March 1898 – 28 April 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played 188 West Australian Football League (WAFL) games and kicked 630 goals. He was a star full forward in the WAFL, a regular West Australian inters ...
in the
WAFL in 1926, and a South Australian record until broken by
Ken Farmer
Kenneth William George Farmer (25 July 1910 – 5 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Dubbed the ' Bradman of football' in So ...
in 1930.
Notes
References
One of Australia's Greatest Players: "Boss" Daly, Old Player, Talks of the Past, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 13 August 1930), p.8./ref>
1874 births
1942 deaths
Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
North Adelaide Football Club players
West Adelaide Football Club players
West Torrens Football Club players
South Adelaide Football Club players
Norwood Football Club players
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
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