Daniel Metropolis (born 17 March 1972) is a former

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

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

and the

Fremantle Dockers The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fr ...

between 1992 and 2001.

Career

The son of former Subiaco player Peter Metropolis, he was drafted from Subiaco in the WAFL with selection 16 in the 1991 AFL Draft . He starred in his debut game in 1992 against St Kilda, kicking 6 goals, including four goals with his first four kicks in the AFL. This was his highest goal scoring game, spending most of the remainder of his career playing as a defender. After only missing one game during the 1999 and 2000 seasons, he was traded to Fremantle along with the 51st selection in return for

Greg Harding Greg Harding (born 17 September 1976) is an Australian rules footballer. He played for both the Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Fremantle from Claremont in the West ...

. He only played six games for Fremantle before injuring his knee at the end of the 2001 season. He announced his retirement after not playing a game in the 2002 season.

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1972 births Fremantle Football Club players West Coast Eagles players Subiaco Football Club players Living people Australian people of Greek descent Australian rules footballers from Western Australia {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub