Darren Stanley

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Darren Stanley
Personal information
Full name Darren Stanley
Date of birth (1972-02-02) 2 February 1972 (age 51)
Original team(s) Coburg
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1991 Footscray 3 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Darren Stanley (born 2 February 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Stanley, who Footscray secured from Coburg, appeared in three of the last four rounds of the 1991 AFL season. [1] [2] He then returned to Coburg and also had a stint in Western Australia with West Perth. [3]

He had a decorated career in the Ballarat Football League. While at Melton South in 1998 he was awarded the Henderson Medal, a joint winner with Leigh Trethowan. Stanley joined rivals Melton in 2000 and won the medal again in his first year and was runner-up in 2001. In both of those years he was also a member of premiership teams. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ↑ AFL Tables: Darren Stanley
  3. ↑ "WAFL Online: Darren Stanley (West Perth)". Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  4. ↑ The Courier,"BFL: Mixed emotions as Melton stars bow out", 21 August 2009, Melanie Whelan
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