Daniel Healy
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| Birth | May 3, 1974, |
| Recruited from | Central District Bulldogs |
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| Debut | Round 3, 1994, St Kilda Football Club vs. West Coast Eagles, at |
| Team(s) | St Kilda Football Club (1996-1999)
38 games, 24 goals Central District Bulldogs (2000 - 2005) 135 games |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2005 season | |
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Daniel Healy (Born May 3, 1974) is a former Australian Rules Footballer, who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League and for Central Districts in the South Australian National Football League. Healy was taken in the first round, pick number 6 overall, of the 1995 AFL Draft, and made his debut against West Coast in Round 12 1996. In this match he scored one goal and this was the only game he played during the year.
In the 1997 AFL season, Healy became a regular started and played 15 games, scoring 5 goals. He played the same amount of games again in the 1998 AFL season, scoring 14 goals for the year. In 1999 he played just 7 games, scoring 4 goals and was delisted at the end of the year. He returned to South Australia to play for Central District in the SANFL.
He played in Central's 2000 SANFL premiership team, and was then appointed captain for the 2001 season. With the team dominating the SANFL, Healy became a five-time Premiership player (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005). Four of these times Healy was captain of the side, although he missed out in 2002. He retired at the end of 2005 season, playing a total of 135 games for centrals.
At the end of the 2007 season, Healy was appointed as a development manager in the new Alan Scott power development academy for the Port Adelaide Football Club.
