Sean Darcy (born 12 June 1998) is a professional

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 playing for the

Fremantle Football Club 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 ...

in the

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(AFL). At tall and weighing , Darcy competes in the

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as well as the

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Early life

Originally from South Purrumbete, a farming area near Cobden, Darcy is the youngest of four children and attended

Xavier College Xavier College is a Roman Catholic, day and boarding school predominantly for boys, founded in 1872 by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Classes started in 1878. Th ...

as a boarder. As a junior, Darcy played for the

Cobden Football Club The Cobden Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bombers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Cobden, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League, which Cobden is a fou ...

and was also a talented swimmer. In 2016 he played for the

Geelong Falcons The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition, Victoria, Australia. The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnamboo ...

in the

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Under 18s competition, his school and for Victoria Country in the

2016 AFL Under 18 Championships The 2016 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships was the 21st edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. A new format saw nine teams compete in the championships with four teams competing in division two; Northern Territory, NSW/ACT, Queensland, and Tasma ...

AFL career

He was recruited by Fremantle with their second selection, 38th overall, in the

2016 AFL draft The 2016 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) could trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2016 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed ...

. He made his AFL debut in Round 14 of the

2017 AFL season The 2017 AFL season was the 121st season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

, against

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, ...

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, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team,

Peel Thunder The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The ...

, in the

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

(WAFL). Darcy amassed 40 hit-outs in his debut game. Due to his physical size and playing style, he is often compared to

Shane Mumford Shane Mumford (born 5 July 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has also previously played for the Geelong Football ...

. A breakout performance during the

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saw Darcy win his first

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award, the

Doig Medal The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL. It was renamed in 2000 after the legendary Fremantle footballing family, the Doigs, who h ...

. Western Derby 55 saw Darcy amass a derby record 56 hit-outs during Fremantle's 24 point win over 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 ...

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *

: 2021 *

Glendinning–Allan Medal The Glendinning–Allan Medal, formerly the Ross Glenndinning Medal, is awarded to the player judged best on ground in each Western Derby Australian rules football, football match played between Fremantle Football Club and the West Coast Eagles. ...

: 2022 (round 22) * 2× 22under22 team: 2018, 2020

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Peel Thunder Football Club players Geelong Falcons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People educated at Xavier College Cobden Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub