Danny Dickfos

Danny Dickfos
Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-09-30) 30 September 1970
Place of birth	Queensland
Original team(s)	Windsor Zillmere (AFLQ)
Debut	Round 1, 1996, Brisbane Bears vs. Footscray FC, at The Gabba
Height / weight	194cm / 97kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996 1997–1999 Total	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	22 (0) 43 (0) 65 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
Best first year player (Brisbane Bears) 1996 Grogan Medal 2000 State of Origin (Queensland)

Danny Dickfos (born 30 September 1970) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Dickfos, of Maori descent,^[1] grew up in Brisbane Queensland.

An outstanding talent in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), Dickfos played for Queensland in the 1987 Teal Cup, then played over 100 games semi-professionally for Windsor Zillmere. During this time he was made several offers by AFL clubs, which he consistently rejected.

AFL fans first knew of Dickfos when he made appearances in State of Origin matches, impressing for Queensland.

AFL career

After Brisbane Bears moderately successful few years at The Gabba, Dickfos was lured to the club as a rookie at age 26 in 1996.

After winning the best first year player award (sharing it with Clark Keating), Dickfos played 65 games for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions.

Standing an imposing 194 cm and 97 kg, he became one of the most reliable defenders in the league. He quickly built a cult following amongst supporters of the club with his tough and uncompromising defensive style.

In 1995, he was part of the Brisbane Bears final side.

In 1997 he was given the Lions One percenter of the Year award and 5th in the Merrett-Murray Medal, behind Matthew Clarke, Nigel Lappin, Marcus Ashcroft and Justin Leppitsch. In the same year he played a key part of the clubs first finals side.

The following year, he finished 8th in the club best and fairest count, equal with Brad Scott and Daryl White.

In 1999, after just a few seasons in the AFL and at age 29, Dickfos decided to return to the QAFL and the Eagles, to the disappointment of many Brisbane Lions fans.

Post AFL

He went on to win the 2000 Grogan Medal and continued to be an impressive player, playing over 250 games for the Eagles club, becoming the new record holder.

References

↑ Lane, Daniel (6 June 2010). "Losing Hayne would be disaster". Sydney Morning Herald.

External links

Inaugural Brisbane Lions AFL team

Full-back	Andrew Gowers Richard Champion Ben Robbins

Half-back	Danny Dickfos Matthew Kennedy Scott McIvor

Centre	Michael McLean Michael Voss (c) Shaun Hart

Half-forward	Nigel Lappin Justin Leppitsch Darryl White

Full-forward	Jarrod Molloy Alastair Lynch (c) Chris Johnson

Ruck	Matthew Clarke Marcus Ashcroft Adrian Fletcher

Interchange	Clark Keating Tristan Lynch Dion Scott

Coach	John Northey

Brisbane Lions defeated by Adelaide 14.12 (96) to 20.12 (132), Round 1, 1997, at Football Park

Queensland team – 1991 State of Origin (Australian rules football)

Queensland 23.14 (152) defeated Victoria 15.8 (108), at The Gabba, 16 July 1991

Ashcroft Bell Bowtell Campbell Clarke Cotter Crosisca Dickfos Gibson Hardie Kenny Lawrence Lester-Smith Luhrs McIvor Merrett (c) O'Brien Phillips Potter Taylor Toppenberg Wearne

Coach: Dare

Queensland-Northern Territory team – 1993 State of Origin (Australian rules football)

Queensland-NT 16.14 (110) defeated Tasmania 10.13 (73), at Bellerive Oval, 6 June 1993, crowd: 9,660

Queensland	Ashcroft Carlson Clarke Cockatoo-Collins Dickfos Dunstall (c) Frigo Kennedy Lawrence Luhrs Lynn McLuckie Potter Voss Wearne Windsor

Northern Territory	Buckley Francis Long McAdam McLean (vc) White

Coach: Dare

Australian Football Alliance (The Allies) team – 1997 State of Origin

Tasmania	Bond Cresswell B. Gale M. Gale Minton-Connell Nichols Richardson Shanahan Williams

Queensland	Akermanis Ashcroft Dickfos Keating

New South Wales	Carey Doolan Mooney

Northern Territory	Buckley (c) Burns Dhurrkay McLeod White

Australian Capital Territory	Allison

Australian Football Alliance (The Allies) team – 1998 State of Origin

Tasmania	Cresswell Febey Gale Harrison Hudson Martin O'Connor Scott Young

Queensland	Akermanis Ashcroft Cockatoo-Collins Dickfos Kennedy Lawrence

New South Wales	Crawford Mooney Seymour Solomon

Northern Territory	Bowden Burns White

Australian Capital Territory	Blumfield Hamill

Coach: Drum

1993 AFL mid-season draft

1. Matthew Ahmat
2. James Theissen
3. Anthony Harvey
4. Damian Bourke
5. Brett Evans
6. Tony Lynn
7. Alan Thorpe
8. Tim Perkins
9. John Cunningham
10. Danny Dickfos
11. Dale Kickett
12. Terry Keays
14. Simon Luhrs
15. Andrew Krakouer
16. Aldo Dipetta
17. Brad Fox
18. Damian Ryan
19. Haami Williams
20. Russell Evans
21. Cristian O'Brien
22. Tom Kavanagh
23. Danny Morgan
24. Kane Batzloff
25. James Little
26. Brad Read
27. Stephan Cochrane
28. Anthony McGregor
29. Jamie Grant
30. Dallas Normington
31. Phil Rowston
32. Brad Hardie

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