Daniel Merrett (born 12 December 1984) is a former professional

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er who played for the Brisbane Lions in the

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(AFL). Merrett was born in Adelaide, but moved to the Gold Coast with his family at a young age. A talented schoolboy rugby player for Benowa State High School, he was identified as a potential Australian rules footballer by AFL Queensland junior development scouts due to his imposing frame and ball-handling skills, and was groomed as a key forward with the Southport Sharks. He was recruited by the Brisbane Lions with the number 30 draft pick in the 2002 AFL Draft but took several years to develop sufficiently to make his debut in Round 2, 2005 against

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. In August 2016, he announced he would retire from the AFL at the end of the season. He has been an assistant coach of the Lions' AFL Women's team since the inaugural season in 2017, and coached a game against in round three of the 2020 season when regular head coach

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was hospitalised. The game ended in a draw.

Positions

Daniel Merrett used to play as a full forward, centre half forward or half forward flank in his early career but eventually regularly played as a fullback. He was the defender with the most spoils in the 2007 season.

Statistics

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

, , 21 , , 9 , , 3 , , 3 , , 28 , , 31 , , 59 , , 25 , , 18 , , 0.3 , , 0.3 , , 3.1 , , 3.4 , , 6.6 , , 2.8 , , 2.0 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

, , 21 , , 22 , , 0 , , 0 , , 110 , , 90 , , 200 , , 89 , , 27 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.0 , , 4.1 , , 9.1 , , 4.0 , , 1.2 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, , 21 , , 22 , , 0 , , 0 , , 101 , , 102 , , 203 , , 83 , , 28 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 4.6 , , 4.6 , , 9.2 , , 3.8 , , 1.3 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, , 21 , , 16 , , 0 , , 0 , , 93 , , 84 , , 177 , , 78 , , 40 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.8 , , 5.3 , , 11.1 , , 4.9 , , 2.5 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, , 21 , , 10 , , 0 , , 0 , , 88 , , 57 , , 145 , , 54 , , 22 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 8.8 , , 5.7 , , 14.5 , , 5.4 , , 2.2 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

, , 21 , , 22 , , 26 , , 13 , , 191 , , 100 , , 291 , , 113 , , 63 , , 1.2 , , 0.6 , , 8.7 , , 4.5 , , 13.2 , , 5.1 , , 2.9 , - style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

, , 21 , , 17 , , 14 , , 8 , , 131 , , 78 , , 209 , , 84 , , 28 , , 0.8 , , 0.5 , , 7.7 , , 4.6 , , 12.3 , , 4.9 , , 1.6 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

, , 21 , , 19 , , 12 , , 8 , , 105 , , 78 , , 183 , , 71 , , 24 , , 0.6 , , 0.4 , , 5.5 , , 4.1 , , 9.6 , , 3.7 , , 1.3 , - style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

, , 21 , , 10 , , 0 , , 0 , , 69 , , 42 , , 111 , , 52 , , 9 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 6.9 , , 4.2 , , 11.1 , , 5.2 , , 0.9 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

, , 21 , , 19 , , 1 , , 0 , , 96 , , 76 , , 172 , , 57 , , 32 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 5.1 , , 4.0 , , 9.1 , , 3.0 , , 1.7 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3, Career ! 200 ! 70 ! 41 ! 1160 ! 896 ! 2056 ! 828 ! 336 ! 0.4 ! 0.2 ! 5.8 ! 4.5 ! 10.3 ! 4.1 ! 1.7

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Merrett, Daniel 1984 births Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions players Southport Australian Football Club players Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Australian rules footballers from Adelaide Living people