Danny Hughes Explained

Danny Hughes
Birth Date:4 December 1963
Originalteam: (SANFL)
Draftpick:No. 13, 1981 interstate draft
Height:189 cm
Weight:90 kg
Statsend:1991
Years1:1981-83, 1991-93
Club1: (SANFL)
Games Goals1:130 (7)
Years2:1984–1990
Club2:Melbourne
Games Goals2:124 (23)
Years3:1991
Club3:Adelaide
Games Goals3:11 (1)
Careerhighlights:

Danny Hughes (born 4 December 1963) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

A fullback, Hughes was a premiership player with Port Adelaide prior to transferring to Melbourne. He was Melbourne's best and fairest winner in 1985 and represented South Australia at interstate football and was awarded All Australian selection for his performance in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival. He returned to South Australia in 1991 and played in Adelaide's inaugural AFL season but retired at year's end. He continued to play with Port Adelaide in the SANFL until 1993.[1]

Statistics

[2] |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1984|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 11 || 2 || 2 || 74 || 33 || 107 || 23 || || 0.2 || 0.2 || 6.7 || 3.0 || 9.7 || 2.1 || |-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1985|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 22 || 1 || 4 || 190 || 75 || 265 || 53 || || 0.0 || 0.2 || 8.6 || 3.4 || 12.0 || 2.4 || |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1986|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 15 || 6 || 2 || 154 || 56 || 210 || 47 || || 0.4 || 0.1 || 10.3 || 3.7 || 14.0 || 3.1 || |-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 22 || 2 || 1 || 209 || 41 || 250 || 57 || 16 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 9.5 || 1.9 || 11.4 || 2.6 || 0.7|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 18 || 1 || 0 || 141 || 33 || 174 || 36 || 19 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.8 || 1.8 || 9.7 || 2.0 || 1.1|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 19 || 4 || 3 || 123 || 39 || 162 || 35 || 15 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 6.5 || 2.1 || 8.5 || 1.8 || 0.8|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990|style="text-align:center;"|| 10 || 17 || 7 || 2 || 119 || 43 || 162 || 33 || 17 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 7.0 || 2.5 || 9.5 || 1.9 || 1.0|-! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991|style="text-align:center;"|| 19 || 11 || 1 || 1 || 56 || 33 || 89 || 18 || 6 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 5.1 || 3.0 || 8.1 || 1.6 || 0.5|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 135! 24! 15! 1066! 353! 1419! 302! 73! 0.2! 0.1! 7.9! 2.6! 10.5! 2.2! 0.8|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Past Players H-O (1–99 games). afc.com.au. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905151342/http://www.afc.com.au/TheClub/History/PastPlayerProfiles/PastPlayersHO199games/tabid/14423/Default.aspx. 5 September 2012.
  2. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Danny_Hughes0.html Danny Hughes' player profile at AFL Tables