| Darren Minchington | |
| Fullname: | Darren Minchington |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 1993 |
| Originalteam: | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) |
| Draftpick: | No. 65, 2012 rookie draft |
| Debutdate: | Round 20, 2013 |
| Debutstadium: | Etihad Stadium |
| Height: | 179 cm |
| Weight: | 82 kg |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 2012–2018 |
| Games Goals1: | 28 (22) |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Games Goals2: | 4 (2) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 32 (24) |
| Statsend: | 2020 |
Darren Minchington is a former Australian rules football player who played with the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
He made his debut on 9 August 2013 against Hawthorn in Round 20 of the 2013 AFL season.[1]
Originally from Dromana, Victoria, Minchington attended Padua College.[2] He started his senior football career at St Kilda's VFL affiliate club Sandringham in 2012, but suffered a hip injury after playing nine games, ending his season. He kicked two goals in two games for the St Kilda Football Club. He was dropped after his second game against the Sydney Swans.[3]
Munchington has had a career ridden with injuries over seven season career at, he only played 28 games at AFL level.
Minchington was delisted at the end of the 2018 season, and signed with as a delisted free agent.[4] He was delisted from Hawthorn a year later without playing a game.[5]
Minchington signed a one-year rookie contract as part of the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) following a long-term knee injury to Will Golds.[6] Minchington made his Hawks debut and played his first AFL game since round 10, 2017. He was selected to play at the Sydney Showground Stadium. [7] Minchington was delisted at the conclusion of the 2020 AFL season, after playing 4 games with the Hawks.[8]
|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2012 || || 41| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —|-| 2013 || || 41| 2 || 2 || 1 || 10 || 7 || 17 || 8 || 2 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 5.0 || 3.5 || 8.5 || 4.0 || 1.0 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2014 || || 41| 3 || 4 || 1 || 20 || 8 || 28 || 7 || 4 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 6.7 || 2.7 || 9.3 || 2.3 || 1.3 || 0|-| 2015 || || 41| 5 || 6 || 4 || 24 || 23 || 47 || 10 || 15 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 4.8 || 4.6 || 9.4 || 2.0 || 3.0 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2016 || || 41| 13 || 6 || 5 || 63 || 83 || 146 || 26 || 54 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 4.8 || 6.4 || 11.2 || 2.0 || 4.2 || 0|-| 2017 || || 41| 5 || 4 || 4 || 29 || 40 || 69 || 13 || 20 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 5.8 || 8.0 || 13.8 || 2.6 || 4.0 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2018 || || 41| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —|-| 2019 || || 38| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2020 || || 38| 4 || 2 || 2 || 24 || 15 || 39 || 6 || 5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 6.0 || 3.8 || 9.8 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan="3" | Career! 32 !! 24 !! 17 !! 170 !! 176 !! 346 !! 70 !! 100 !! 0.8 !! 0.5 !! 5.3 !! 5.5 !! 10.8 !! 2.2 !! 3.1 !! 0|}
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