Daniel "Danny" Nicholls (born 2 March 1987) is a former
Australian Rules football
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er with the
Collingwood Football Club
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in the
Australian Football League
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.
A hard running
forward pocket rover, Nicholls played for
Williamstown in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL) throughout 2006 and was retained for
season 2007. He made his AFL debut in Round 2 of the 2007 season, but did not play another game in the AFL. Whilst on the Collingwood list he suffered a
stress fracture to his foot that caused him to miss most of the season. He has since continued to play in the VFL, switching to play for the
Casey Scorpions
The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ( ...
in 2010.
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1987 births
Living people
Collingwood Football Club players
Williamstown Football Club players
Casey Demons players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Dandenong Stingrays players
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