Kate Darby (born 18 November 1990) is 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 Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was drafted by Carlton with the club's sixteenth selection and the one hundred and twenty sixth overall in the

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. She made her debut in round 2,

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, in a match against at

Ikon Park Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venue, ...

. She was dropped from the team the following week however and would not return until the final match of the season in round 7. She was subsequently delisted at season's end. In May 2018 Darby accepted an offer from expansion club

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

to play with the club in the 2019 AFLW season. In June 2021, she was delisted by Geelong. In December 2021, Darby returned to the Geelong AFLW squad as a replacement player for

Renee Garing Renee Garing (born 4 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Garing was recruited directly from Geelong's VFL Women's team prior to the club's inaugural season in the AFLW. ...

. Darby was awarded the Hoops Award at the 2022 Geelong AFLW awards. The Hoops Award is awarded to the player making the best values based contribution to the club, and voted on by players, AFLW staff and coaches.

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* * Living people 1990 births Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Football Club (AFLW) players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub