| Daryn Cresswell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | (1971-05-22)22 May 1971 (age 53) | ||
| Original team(s) | North Hobart | ||
| Draft | No. 34,1988 national draft | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1992–2003 | Sydney Swans | 244 (208) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Daryn Cresswell (born 22 May 1971) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played for theSydney Swans in theAustralian Football League, and the former senior coach of theTasmanian Devils Football Club that played in theVictorian Football League. He is currently theHead Coach of theSouth Cairns Cutters.
Cresswell started his football withGlenorchy in theTasmanian Football League. He also briefly played for Geelong Reserves in the Victorian Football League. Daryn then returned to Tasmania to play withNorth Hobart in the TFL the following year. Daryn was then drafted to the Sydney Swans in the1992 mid-season draft.
Cresswell played for the Swans for twelve seasons between 1992 and 2003, playing 244 games, the seventh-most games in Sydney andSouth Melbourne history.[1] He was a member of the Swans' losing1996 Grand Final team and was named in both the Swans and Tasmanian Teams of the Century.[2] In1993, in his second season, he won the Swans' most improved award; and, in the following season, he was awarded theBob Skilton Medal as the Swans best for 1994.[3] In1997, he dislocated his kneecap while laying a tackle, knocked it back into place immediately, and played again the next week. Other notable moments in Cresswell's career include a number of game-winning goals. Particularly, akick after the siren from Creswell scored a goal and secured victory for Sydney overNorth Melbourne in Round 4 of the2002 season.[4]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 1992 | Sydney | 28 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 100 | 56 | 156 | 23 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 19.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1993 | Sydney | 28 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 224 | 83 | 307 | 75 | 18 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 12.4 | 4.6 | 17.1 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 1994 | Sydney | 28 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 275 | 152 | 427 | 84 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 7.2 | 20.3 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 1995 | Sydney | 8 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 306 | 201 | 507 | 111 | 24 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 13.9 | 9.1 | 23.0 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 1996 | Sydney | 8 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 363 | 161 | 524 | 106 | 56 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 15.1 | 6.7 | 21.8 | 4.4 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 1997 | Sydney | 8 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 367 | 244 | 611 | 71 | 32 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 10.6 | 26.6 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 6 |
| 1998 | Sydney | 8 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 375 | 264 | 639 | 85 | 15 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 15.6 | 11.0 | 26.6 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 13 |
| 1999 | Sydney | 8 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 352 | 284 | 636 | 98 | 26 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 27.7 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 7 |
| 2000 | Sydney | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 364 | 202 | 566 | 108 | 31 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 16.5 | 9.2 | 25.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 11 |
| 2001 | Sydney | 8 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 237 | 115 | 352 | 77 | 31 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 13.2 | 6.4 | 19.6 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 8 |
| 2002 | Sydney | 8 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 277 | 223 | 500 | 81 | 48 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 22.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2003 | Sydney | 8 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 217 | 159 | 376 | 91 | 31 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 19.8 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Career | 244 | 208 | 159 | 3457 | 2144 | 5601 | 1010 | 339 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 14.2 | 8.8 | 23.0 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 61 | ||
Following his retirement as a player, Cresswell became an assistant coach—firstly atGeelong and then atBrisbane. He then moved back to Tasmania and coached the Tasmanian Devils in the VFL following the resignation ofMatthew Armstrong, where, after a number of poor performances and a scandal involving a six-figure debt he owed to Tassie Mariners coach Andrew Mellor, he fled Tasmania to England for some time.
Cresswell's brother Shane had coached Ulverstone (NTFL) to the premiership in 2000. In 2009, Cresswell was appointedplayer-coach of Division One Sydney AFL side the Manly Wolves. Despite a promising start to the season, numerous off-field issues (including being extradited to Queensland for fraud) and player discontent saw Cresswell sacked from the role at season's end.In April 2009, he was declared bankrupt, owing almost $700,000. He admitted that a gambling addiction had led him to lose everything after he retired from playing football. 2010 saw Cresswell sign with Sydney AFL Premier Division side Western Suburbs, kicking 33 goals in 10 matches.[2] In December 2010, Cresswell was found guilty of fraud offences and sentenced to a minimum 10 months jail. Upon release in October 2011, he appeared on Channel 7'sSunday Night, where he admitted to placing a $200 bet on a match he was playing in back in 2003.[6]