Darren Handley

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Darren Handley
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Personal information
Full name Darren James Handley
Date of birth (1963-12-18) 18 December 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Mount Beauty
Original team(s) Myrtleford
Height/Weight 177 cm / 76 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1986
1987-1988
Total -		 Collingwood
Fitzroy		 12 (10)
10 (7)
22 (17)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988 season.

Darren Handley (born 18 December 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally playing for Dederang-Mt Beauty Football Club then moved onto Myrtleford, Handley played one season at Collingwood, in 1986.[1][2] He debuted in round 10 and missed only one game for the rest of the year.[2] His best performance came in Collingwood's win over Fitzroy at Waverley Park, earning three Brownlow Medal votes for 28 disposals and four goals.[2][3]

Handley played 10 games for Fitzroy, two in 1987 and eight in 1988.[2] He announced in 1989 that he was taking a break from football in order to recover from a chronic groin injury.[4]

He coached Victorian Amateur Football Association club Old Essendon Grammarians in 2006 and 2007.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 AFL Tables: Darren Handley
  3. ↑ The Canberra Times, "Lethal switch mauls Lions at VFL Park", 20 July 1986, p. 6S
  4. ↑ The Age, "Bairstow - relief for Cats", 18 May 1989, p. 30
  5. ↑ The Age, "Kempton takes award honouring hero solicitor", 1 October 2007, Paul Daffey
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