Tony Delaney (born 27 December 1975) is a former

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. He played as a

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. During his nine years in the

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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 ...

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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
/ref> 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 {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub