Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is a former

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er who played as a full-back for the

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in the

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(AFL). Originally from Northam,

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, he attended

Carine Senior High School Carine Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school, located in the suburb of Carine, approximately north-west of Perth, Western Australia. History Carine Senior High School was established in 1973 and reached senior high sch ...

before beginning his career with in the

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(WAFL). He was later recruited by West Coast with the 11th pick in the 1999 National Draft, making his debut for the club the following season. Glass was named in the

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on four occasions, including as captain of the 2012 team. He was named captain of West Coast in 2008, after

Chris Judd Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Widely regarded as one of the bes ...

was traded to , and won club best and fairest awards in 2007, 2009, and 2011. Glass retired from football midway through the 2014 season, having played 270 games for West Coast.

Career

Playing

He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from

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and made his debut for the Eagles in Round 4, 2000 against

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. Glass, who had a relatively low profile in a team of well known stars such as

Ben Cousins Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players o ...

, and

Daniel Kerr Daniel Alan Kerr (born 16 May 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 220 games for the club between 2001 and 2013, as a hard-running inside midfield ...

, was named as the

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full-back in 2006. He had another excellent 2007 season where he won West Coast's Club Champion Award and his second All-Australian selection. On 9 November 2007, Glass was announced as the new captain of

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with the departure of Chris Judd to Victoria. Glass was appointed to lead the recovery of the club after a series of off-field scandals. West Coast had a poor year in his first year of captaincy, suffering from the loss of Judd and Cousins as well as from injuries to key players, including Glass himself. After a successful season playing all 22 matches in

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, Glass won his second Club Champion award ahead of fellow defender

Shannon Hurn Shannon William Hurn (born 4 September 1987) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). From South Australia, he excelled at both cricket and football at junior level, and at one ...

. He followed this up two years later in

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where he won his third Club Champion award and third All-Australian selection. In

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Glass was given his fourth All-Australian selection and named as the captain of the All-Australian team. On 12 June 2014, Glass announced his retirement due to injury, effective immediately. Glass kicked just eight goals in 270 games. Out of over 200 players who have played more than 250 VFL/AFL games, only two (

Rod Carter Rod Carter (born 29 October 1954) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL). By the end of his career he was just seven games short of joining the 300 club. Foo ...

and

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) kicked fewer goals.

Coaching

At the end of the

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Glass accepted an assistant coaching position at . At the conclusion of the

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, Glass returned to the

as the List Manager after

Brady Rawlings Brady Rawlings (born 10 June 1981 in Devonport, Tasmania) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the North Melbourne Kangaroos. Ahead of the 2014 season, he was appointed as the midfield coach of the West Coast Eagles ...

returned to the

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. In October 2019 Darren accepted a position back at

as a player list manager, heavily involved in the recruiting process. Newly appointed captain

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has welcomed his return.

Personal

Glass married Alicia Severin in December 2007. They have two daughters and one son. Glass has a commerce degree in finance and marketing from

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

. He completed a

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degree at the

University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany, Western Australia, Albany an ...

in 2015 has previously worked as a consultant for

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Statistics

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Honours and achievements

*Team **

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(

McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy which has been awarded each year since 1951 by the Australian Football League (known prior to 1990 as the Victorian Football League) to the best-performing club in the home-and-away sea ...

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*Individual ** West Coast Club Champion Award (later named the John Worsfold Medal): 2007, 2009, 2011 **

( C) ** West Coast Eagles Captain: 2008–2014

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glass, Darren 1981 births All-Australians (AFL) Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Living people People educated at Carine Senior High School People from Northam, Western Australia Perth Football Club players John Worsfold Medal winners West Coast Eagles players West Coast Eagles Premiership players Curtin University alumni West Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players