Danny Morseu was born on 1 January 1958 and is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.
12 Facts About Danny Morseu
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Danny Morseu spent his childhood in Tamwoy, a mission on Thursday Island, where he grew up without running water or electricity.
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Danny Morseu started playing basketball at school and despite being cut from his primary school team, he developed into a tall talented teenage athlete.
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Kerle convinced Danny Morseu to move to Melbourne in 1978, where he played in St Kilda's championship winning teams of 1979 and 1980.
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Danny Morseu played 217 NBL games in total, winning another NBL championship with the Brisbane Bullets in 1987.
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In December 2017, Danny Morseu was appointed head coach of the Toowoomba Mountaineers QBL men's side, the team he won a championship with in 1991.
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Danny Morseu was employed in a range of activities for state and federal governments in Victoria and Queensland, including working in indigenous health.
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Danny Morseu has acted as a mentor for other indigenous basketball players such as Nathan Jawai and Patty Mills.
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Danny Morseu was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended after four months.
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However, Danny Morseu was found not guilty of charges relating to common assault and deprivation of liberty.
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Danny Morseu was inducted into the Victoria University Sport Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Danny Morseu is the uncle of Australian Boomers players Patty Mills and Nathan Jawai.