Terry Daniher

Terry Daniher
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-08-15) 15 August 1957
Place of birth West Wyalong, New South Wales
Original team(s) Ungarie (NRFNL)
Ariah Park-Mirrool
Height/Weight 188 cm / 89 kg
Position(s) Centre Half Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1976–1977
1978–1992
Total		 South Melbourne
Essendon		 019 0(22)
294 (447)
313 (469)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria
New South Wales		 11 (12)
4 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992 season.
Career highlights

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). Terry was also an Assistant Coach for the Essendon, Collingwood, St Kilda and Carlton Football Clubs. Terry's brothers, Neale, Anthony and Chris, also played for Essendon in the AFL. 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.[3] Terry is currently the owner of Terry Daniher Cleaning Services, a cleaning company based in Melbourne.

Early life and childhood

Terry was born the first child of James "Jim" Daniher and Edna Daniher (née Erwin) on 15 August 1957 at West 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 the Northern Riverina Football League (NRFL) on Saturdays while playing rugby league at school carnivals. 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. It was during this season that Terry was approached by the South Melbourne Football Club to play for them.

VFL/AFL playing career

From 1976–1992 Terry played for South Melbourne and Essendon in the VFL/AFL, playing 313 games and playing in the 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1990 Grand Finals, two of which he 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 the 1992 season that Terry retired.

Retirement, coaching and beyond

After his professional career, Terry returned to the Riverina to play for the Wagga Tigers in the Riverina Football League (RFL), becoming Captain-Coach and leading the Tigers to five premierships out of six Grand Finals.

After this he returned to Melbourne to become an Assistant Coach for Essendon, coaching the team that won the 2000 Grand Final. In 2003, Terry became an Assistant Coach for the Collingwood Football Club before becoming an Assistant Coach for the St Kilda Football Club, where he would stay from 2004–2005. Terry got his final coaching job when he became an Assistant Coach for the Carlton Football Club, where he stayed from 2006–2007. After this, Terry begun his own cleaning business, Terry Daniher Cleaning Services.

See also

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Australian Football Hall of Fame: Players
  2. ↑ Sporting Hall of Fame Terry Daniher, Australian Rules Football
  3. ↑ Champions of Essendon: Terry Daniher profile

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