| Terry Daniher | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1957-08-15)15 August 1957 (age 68) West Wyalong, New South Wales | ||
| Original teams | Ungarie (NRFNL) Ariah Park-Mirrool | ||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre half forward/centre half back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1976–1977 | South Melbourne | 19(22) | |
| 1978–1992 | Essendon | 294 (447) | |
| Total | 313 (469) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| Victoria | 11 (12) | ||
| New South Wales | 4 (6) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Terrence "Terry" John Daniher (born 15 August 1957) is a formerAustralian rules footballer best known for his career withEssendon Football Clubs in theAustralian Football League (AFL) where he was a dual-premiership player. A New South Welshman hailing from the town ofWest Wyalong, he captained his state inState of Origin during the 1980s and prior to the introduction of State of Origin rules was a key member of theVictorian state side and was 3 time All-Australian representing Australia in International Rules in 1990. Daniher also played at who played withSouth Melbourne and was also an assistant coach for the Essendon,Collingwood,St Kilda andCarlton Football Clubs.
Terry is a member of theAustralian Football Hall of Fame[1] and the Riverina Sporting Hall of Fame[2] and is a Champion of Essendon.[3]
Terry is a member of the Daniher brothers, a football family who simultaneously played for Essendon, including his brothersNeale,Anthony andChris.
Terry was born the first child of James "Jim" Daniher and Edna Daniher (née Erwin) on 15 August 1957 atWest Wyalong Base Hospital. Terry attended St Joseph's Catholic School,Ungarie for his primary education before going to Ungarie Central School until year ten, after which he became a farmer.
It was during his childhood that Terry showed his love for sport, namely Australian rules football, playing in theNorthern Riverina Football League (NRFL) on Saturdays while playingrugby league at school carnivals. It was during his time in the NRFL that Terry won several best & fairest award, including the senior football Evans Medal in 1974, before playing withAriah Park-Mirrool in theSouth West Football League (New South Wales) for the 1975 season. It was during this season that Terry was approached by theSouth Melbourne Football Club to play for them.
From 1976 to 1992 Terry played for South Melbourne and Essendon in the VFL/AFL, playing 313 games and playing in the1983,1984,1985 and1990 Grand Finals, two of which his side won. He also made history alongside his brothers when they became the first quartet of brothers to play for the same team in a State of Origin match and in a home-and-away game. It was after the1992 season that Terry retired.
After his professional career, Terry returned to the Riverina to play for the Wagga Tigers in theRiverina Football League (RFL), becoming Captain-Coach and leading the Tigers to five premierships out of six Grand Finals.
After this he returned toMelbourne to become an assistant coach for Essendon, coaching areserves premiership in 1999,[4] and serving as assistant coach of the team that won the2000 Grand Final. In 2003, Terry became an assistant coach for theCollingwood Football Club before becoming an assistant coach for theSt Kilda Football Club, where he would stay from 2004 to 2005. Terry got his final coaching job when he became an assistant coach for theCarlton Football Club, where he stayed from 2006 to 2007. After this, Terry begun his own cleaning business, Terry Daniher Cleaning Services.
In 2002 an Essendon panel ranked him at 11 in theirChampions of Essendon list of the 25 greatest players ever to have played for Essendon.
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