Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality
Australian rules footballer
Danny Frawley
Frawley during a pre-season match in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Daniel Patrick Frawley
Nickname(s)
Spud
Date of birth
(1963-09-08)8 September 1963
Place of birth
Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death
9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 56)
Place of death
Millbrook, Victoria
Original team(s)
Bungaree (CHFL)
Debut
Round 4, 1984, St Kilda vs. Hawthorn, at Princes Park
Height
191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight
95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)
Full back
Playing career1
Years
Club
Games (Goals)
1984–1995
St Kilda
240 (13)
Representative team honours
Years
Team
Games (Goals)
1987–1994
Victoria
11 (0)
International team honours
1987–1990
Australia
6 (2)
Coaching career
Years
Club
Games (W–L–D)
2000–2004
Richmond
113 (45–68–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 1995 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 1994.
Career highlights
St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
St Kilda captain: 1987–1995
All-Australian team: 1988
St Kilda best and fairest: 1988
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Daniel Patrick "Spud" Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules football player, coach, administrator, commentator and media personality. He played 240 games for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL)/Australian Football League (AFL) from 1984 to 1995, captaining the club for nine seasons, and won All-Australian selection and the St Kilda best and fairest award in 1988. Frawley coached the Richmond Football Club from 2000 to 2004, with his most successful season coming in 2001, when he coached Richmond to a preliminary final. He later served as chief executive officer of the AFL Coaches Association from 2008 to 2014, and had part-time roles with the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda.
Following his coaching career, Frawley was an AFL commentator for Fox Footy, Triple M and 1116 SEN, and also appeared on The Sunday Footy Show on the Nine Network. On television, he is best remembered for his work on the Fox Footy program Bounce, which he co-hosted alongside contemporary Jason Dunstall for over 350 episodes from 2007 to his death in 2019; on radio, he is best remembered for his work on Triple M, most notably his appearances on The Saturday Rub, from 2005 to 2016. Frawley quietly struggled with mental health problems throughout most of his time in football, but he became more open in his later years, leading him to host his own podcast on SEN dedicated to mental health, No Man Should Ever Walk Alone, from 2017 to 2018.
Frawley died by suicide in a single-vehicle car crash in Millbrook, Victoria, on 9 September 2019. His death devastated the wider football community and led to tributes from footballers, coaches, media and fans alike, including a private but broadcast memorial service on 18 September 2019.
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