Anthony Daniher, better known as Ants (never Tony as the Melbourne media called him) has the unique distinction of playing over one hundred games for two VFL/AFL clubs: South Melbourne/Sydney Swans (115) and Essendon (118). 1982At just 21 years old, he becomes the youngest person to be appointed Essendon skipper, but misses the entire season with a knee injury. It was the firsttime in VFL/AFL history four brothers had played in the one side. Although its classified as a round three game, its played as a standalone match on the Saturday before round one. If your answer was at Essendon youd be wrong. These external sites may no longer be active. Plays in the clubs night premiership against Carlton, wins Essendons best and fairest award and represents Victoria. DARCY Daniher has given up on his AFL dream at age 21, his spirit crushed by an unrelenting run of injuries. CoreLogic records show it last sold in 1990 for $175,000. Terry Daniher had a celebrated career in football after going to play for South Melbourne in 1976 under the VFL country zoning rules after a season at Ariah Park-Mirrool under Rick Quade. Terrence "Terry" John Daniher is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). In 2015, he became the public face of the foundation's biggest fundraising event, The Big Freeze. This was also something that Jim Jnr did as well as his son, Chris, who is still actively involved with the club having been coach, and more recently president. Jim snr had moved to Ungarie from Euroa, where hed played in the 1913 premiership team, and took up a 740-acre allotment. Those stints were interrupted by injury, but they took in 1979-85 and again in 1989-90. does Mike Bowden hold the record for an ex-player with 3 sons who went on to play VFL/AFL? For Neale, the historic game was his 82nd and last as a player. Theres a fine line between a rest and a disruption, and somewhere along the way, the Bombers crossed it. 2006Melbourne makes the finals for the third successive year under Daniher the clubs best effort since playing five in a row from 1987-91. Jim Daniher snr was to prove to be one of Ungaries best players during its formative seasons. We were playing Lake out at Tullibigeal, said Terry. The Daniher brothers have amassed a total of 752 games between them as well as a host of honours and wards but another pairing are the McVeigh brothers, Mark and Jarrad. Joe also had the chance to play for Sydney under the father-son rule, but chose Essendon (also under the father-son rule), no doubt due to his familys long association with the club. Momentarily, Sheedy thought about playing all four in Terrys 250th game, but the timing wasnt quite right. The first time the four brothers Terry, Anthony, Neale and Chris played together on the one team was for NSW in a State of Origin match against Victoria at the SCG in May 1990. He edges Hutchison, Damian Drum and Peter Schwab for the position. Anthony had 27 disposals, Chris 24, Neale kicked 3.4, and Terry had 15 disposals and one goal. The 14 sets of brothers who have played the most games in the VFL/AFL - THE HICKEY STAND By The Hickey Stand May 4, 2018 The 14 sets of brothers who have played the most games in the VFL/AFL NOBODY could accuse the Geelong Football Club of not being the sharing and caring types. It will be 30 years ago next Tuesday. 2004With Melbourne facing tough times, on and off the field, Daniher makes a genuine effort to lift the clubs presence and becomes known as The Reverend. $379.95. Jacks sons, Mick, Peter (better known as Po) and John, who made their names at Turvey Park in the South-West league, and Mark, Pat and Rodney, sons of Leo. His brothers Terry, Neale and Anthony also played for Essendon in the AFL. Like his antecedents Anthony also became highly involved in football at the local level and became a junior coach at the Aberfeldie footy club in Melbournes north-west suburbs after retiring in 1994. But his value to the team, even at this early stage of his development, is undisputed. Its the first time all four Daniher brothers play in the same side for the Dons. Terry, Anthony and Chris ran their own window cleaning business then, and Anthony remembers how fatigue would accumulate over a season. World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. A serious knee injury saw the football world robbed of one of its most promising rising stars, with Daniher . After reaching a semi-final in the Wizard Cup (the pre-season competition), the Demons win 14 of their opening 18 matches. Terry told the Sunday Herald Sun at the time: "I didn't know anything about the stock market, but my old man said, 'Put your money into land and housing'. Neale Francis Daniher AO (born 15 February 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Click here to view and vote, and see the schedule and prizes below. Seven more years of yeoman service to the Bombers followed, including a premiership in 1993. JavaScript is disabled. The "moment" will be remembered as the photo of the Daniher brothers Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris standing together on stage but the emotion was for 38-year club doctor Bruce Reid . 2016Daniher is awarded with the Member of the Order of Australia AM on Queens Birthday for services to community health particularly raising awareness of people with MND and helping raise funds towards finding a cure for the disease along with his contribution to Australian Rules. Those four brothers and their team were victorious against St Kilda that day, winning by 35 points. The banner the four boys ran through simply stated: History in the Making. During his eleven years with the club, Daniher showed up, netting 32 objectives. In 1995 he joined Fremantle, staying there as an assistant until the end of 1997. Terry, the eldest, played one game for Ungarie with his father, the also legendary Jim. 1992Daniher becomes an assistant coach for Essendon. 2010West Coast collects its first wooden spoon, winning just four games. But that wily old devil Kevin Sheedy, then coach of Essendon, dreamed of uniting the Daniher brothers, and after 115 games in Sydney, Anthony was lured to Windy Hill where he played another 118 games. The Demons then defeat St Kilda by 51 points at the G in the first semi-final. tvguidetime.com After his 1990 season came to a nearby, Daniher guaranteed his retirement, yet he got back to the field in 1991, playing for Werribee in the Victorian Football Affiliation . But its in his fifth match, against Fitzroy at Windy Hill, that he suffers another shocking setback, injuring his same knee. He played four games for NSW including Origin wins over Victoria and Queensland. John Kennedy Senior is very much a titan in the history of the Hawks footy club, John Jnr played in 4 premierships and over 200 games (from memory) and Josh looks to be carving a solid career out for himself at the Swans Solid 3 generations right there What part of brothers don't you understand? Chris, still in primary school, would try to tag along. Jim Jnr won three competition best and fairest awards in the Northern Riverina Football League 1949, 1956, and 1959. Jim, a lifelong apostle for the cause of footy in NSW, said it was his proudest moment. Australian Football - Terry Daniher - Player Bio Home / Players / D / Terry Daniher Key Facts Full name Terry Daniher Known as Terry Daniher Born 15 August 1957 (age 65) Age at first & last AFL game First game: 18y 281d Last game: 35y 14d Height and weight Height: 188 cm Weight: 89 kg Senior clubs South Melbourne; Essendon; Australia Jumper numbers The Eagles win eight matches and finish 11th. He is currently waging a courageous campaign against Motor-Neurone Disease (MND) and has been instrumental in fund-raising efforts that have raised millions of dollars for research into the disease. He coached the Dees until 2007 securing 108 wins from 223 games. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Yeah, it does. Terry was also an assistant coach for the Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda and Carlton Football Clubs. Terrence "Terry" John Daniher (born 15 August 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the South Melbourne and Essendon Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). It was during this season that Terry was approached by the South Melbourne Football Club to play for them. Dad Jim, who died at the age of 90 following a farm accident last April, followed in his fathers wake. But the Demons are easily accounted for by 55 points and bundled out of September. Daniher played a major, inspirational role in his side's stunning comeback win against Hawthorn on Thursday night, booting 3.3 from 14 disposals and 10 marks. Terry, Neale, Anthony, and Chris Daniher grew up in a tiny Riverina town where they played football on Saturdays and Rugby League after mass on Sundays. I think there was a lot of pressure on Kev in the match committee, said Terry. But but Collingwood is the greatest ever! The Dockers finish 13th with eight wins. Its the first time four brothers have played in the same State of Origin team. Terry, Neale, Anthony and Chris then play in the final round of the season for Essendon against St Kilda at Moorabbin Oval. Please try again later. He is a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame[1] and the Wagga Wagga Sporting Hall of Fame[2] and is a Champion of Essendon. Ants went to the Swans under the zoning rules in 1981 after stints at Ungarie, Turvey Park (when he moved to Wagga to do a wool-classing course) and Ganmain, then under former Carlton player and 1961 Coleman medallist, Turkey Tom Carroll. To date, Daniher, and his Fight MND campaign has raised almost $30 million with 90 per cent of funds dedicated to cure and care, seven per cent donated to awareness and three per cent towards admin. It did put everything out of whack a bit, said Terry. Geoff was the equal of all but Terry Daniher and he played in 2 premierships. It was during his time in the NRFL that Terry won several best & fairest awards before playing with Ariah Park-Mirrool in the South West District Football League for the 1975 season. Chris Daniher said Neale wanted people to enjoy life. The Daniher clans collection of elite footballers. Back in Melbourne, the fates were converging. He currently owns and runs the Danihers Facility Management. With thanks to the New South Wales Australian Football History Societys December 2019 journal and to regular footy e-mail correspondent Dr. Rocket Rodney Gillett. Nifty was a handy footballer who ended up playing 200 games, but only 60 of them were for the Swans. Two of his sons, Darcy and Joe have played with Essendon under the father-son rule. He played for South Melbourne/Sydney from 1981-1986 and Essendon from 1987-1994 in the Australian Football League (AFL). However, as history shows, Sheedy loved to hedge his bets. He becomes the third longest serving coach at Melbourne, behind premiership coaches Norm Smith and Frank Checker Hughes. He played a total of 313 games in the VFL/AFL (19 for South Melbourne and 294 for Essendon) and booted 469 goals. The NSW AFL History Society expresses its condolences to the Daniher family on the passing of Jim Jnr in May this year. Oops! Terry nailed 469 goals captaining the Bombers to the 1985-85 premierships during his time as skipper between 1983 to 1988. Join FREE and support Australia's favourite footy community. Mumd give you the rev up. It's riveting to read how South Melbourne traded Terry (and the rights to Neale) to Essendon. The tradition of Danihers playing for Essendon continues to this day. At Essendons 1985 premiership party, Edna, the boys mother, bailed up Kevin Sheedy and said: I wouldnt mind having my four boys all get together one day. Replied Sheedy: Ill see what I can do.. 2005Danihers team starts the season in great style, winning the opening three rounds to sit first on the ladder after rounds two and three. left field; Neale Daniher. Daniher had managed just 15 games in the previous three seasons following his All Australian and best and fairest winning season for the Bombers in 2017. In his second season as a Bomber, Joe is yet to have played his breakout game, but his potential is as obvious as his spindly 200cm frame. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The 1970s and 80s, when the Daniher brothers were making their names, were heady days for the family of talented players. He kicks 3.4. I missed out on four Grand Finals (1983-85 plus 1990). After his service to the Bombers was over Terry coached Wagga Tigers in the Riverina FL taking them to five premierships in all and on a personal note won the RFL fairest and best Quinn Medal in 1994. Danihers FM System (DFMS) Community Net Zero 2025 Danihers was founded in 1987 by brothers Terry, Anthony and Chris Daniher when they moved to Melbourne from the family farm in New South Wales to play football. This transfer led Jim snr to help with the formation of the Ungarie Football Club insisting that its players wear the black and white colours of his old club, Euroa. Ants went to the Swans under the 1981 zoning rules after shorter careers at Ungarie, Turvey Park (when he moved to Wagga to undergo a wool-classing course) and Ganmain. Onward is the emotional coming-of-age story of two teenage elf brothers named Ian (Tom Holland) and Barley (Chris Pratt) Lightfoot. Daniher with brothers Chris, Anthony and Terry while all four played at the Bombers in the 1980s. The Daniher brothers. He captained the 1923 premiership team. DANIHER DRIVE CROSSES STATE BORDERS NEALE DANIHER FOCUSES ON HIS OWN BATTLE TAKING THE MND MESSAGE TO THE COUNTRY On Thursday, the teams came out. Change). The Daniher brothers had owned the property since their playing days with the Bombers. This publication contains may contain links to external sites. 2009Daniher completes his first full year as West Coast GM of football operations. He was part of the famous Daniher football dynasty: four brothers from the bush who played a combined 752 VFL/AFL games. It will be 30 years ago next Tuesday. Talk BBL Here In another sense, theyre as much a clan today as ever. 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