Tony Delaney (born 27 December 1975) is a former
Australian rules football
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er. He played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
During his nine years in the
Australian Football League
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he played for three clubs,
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
,
Fremantle
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and
St Kilda. Injuries restricted him to only 76 games in this time. He is most notable as being traded by Essendon to Fremantle along with
Dale Kickett
Dale Mathew Kickett (born 4 May 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer. Kickett played for Fitzroy Lions, West Coast Eagles, St Kilda Saints, Essendon Bombers, and Fremantle Dockers, all being between 1990 - 2002. Kickett holds the shared ...
and
Todd Ridley
Todd Ridley (born 11 February 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played mainly as a Australian rules football positions#Full forward, full forward. He is notable for kicking Fremantle Football Club's first goal in the Australian ...
which enabled the Bombers to recruit star players
Scott Lucas and
Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's AFL's honours include ...
.
Fremantle 1994 Draft Details
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After he retired from the AFL he returned to the WAFL and played for Claremont from 2004 until 2006. He had previously played for South Fremantle during his time with Fremantle.
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1975 births
Living people
Fremantle Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
St Kilda Football Club players
South Fremantle Football Club players
Claremont Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
Western Australian State of Origin players
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