1. Joe Daniher was born on 4 March 1994 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and the Brisbane Lions.
23 Facts About Joe Daniher
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Joe Daniher is a four-time Essendon leading goalkicker and a two-time Brisbane Lions leading goalkicker.
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Joe Daniher is the son of a former AFL full-back, Anthony Joe Daniher, who played 115 games for the Sydney Swans and 118 games for Essendon.
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Joe Daniher played for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup.
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Joe Daniher was named an All-Australian in the AFL Under-18 Championships, playing for Vic Metro.
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Joe Daniher was part of the AFL Academy at the Australian Institute of Sport, participating in its European tour to Italy, England and France in 2012 competing against the combined European Legion team.
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Joe Daniher was eligible to be drafted by Sydney, but chose to join the Bombers, where his brother Darcy Daniher was a team member at the time.
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Joe Daniher made his debut against Carlton in Round 11,2013.
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Joe Daniher showed positive progression in his second season, leading the club in goal-kicking with 28 for the season, including four goals against North Melbourne in an elimination final at the MCG.
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Joe Daniher entered the 2015 AFL season as the club's spearhead up forward, a challenging task considering it was only his third season of senior football.
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Joe Daniher led the club's goalkicking for a second consecutive season and showed more presence on the field.
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Joe Daniher started the 2017 AFL season strongly, reaching his potential as one of the best forwards in the league, and winning both the Anzac Day Medal and the inaugural Tom Wills Medal in the Country Game against Geelong.
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Joe Daniher finished as the club's leading goalkicker for a fourth straight season, received his debut All-Australian Team selection, and won his first W S Crichton Medal.
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Joe Daniher started the 2018 AFL season in substantially worse form than in the previous year, averaging less than a goal a game and having an reduced impact on the competition.
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Toward the conclusion of the season, he requested a trade to Sydney but, because Sydney could not satisfy Essendon's trade request, Joe Daniher remained at Essendon for the 2020 season.
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Joe Daniher made his debut for the Brisbane Lions against Sydney at the Gabba in Round 1,2021.
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Joe Daniher kicked two goals, but he attracted criticism from former Port Adelaide player Kane Cornes for his jumper-grabbing celebration after kicking the first of those goals, which gave Lions an 18-point lead in a match they would ultimately lose by 31 points.
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Joe Daniher became the only player to kick at least one goal every game for the 2021 season, but he fell away during the Lions' finals campaign and kicked only one goal from two games.
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Joe Daniher kicked 3 goals and was one of Brisbane's best players on the day, but the Lions fell to Collingwood by four points.
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Joe Daniher again led the Lions in goals in 2024, kicking 58 over 27 games.
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In Brisbane's semi-final against the Greater Western Sydney Giants, Joe Daniher kicked four goals, including the final two goals which completed a 44-point comeback.
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Joe Daniher added a pair of goals in the Grand Final as the Lions defeated the Sydney Swans.
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Just five days after winning the premiership, on 3 October 2024, Joe Daniher announced his retirement.