Daniel Wells

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Daniel Wells

Personal information
Birth	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02) (age 23),
Recruited from	Peel (WAFL)
Height and weight	180cm / 81kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 1, March 29, 2003, Kangaroos vs. St Kilda, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Kangaroos (2003-) 90 games, 52 goals
¹ Statistics to end of Round 6,2007 season
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2003 International Rules 2003, 2005 AFL Goal of the Year 2004 3rd Best and Fairest 2006

Daniel Wells (born March 2, 1985) is an Australian rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club of the Australian Football League.

Wells made his debut in 2003 and rose to prominence in 2004 when, against Fremantle, he kicked the AFL Goal of the Year, jumping and taking the ball from ruck contest in the goal square and kicking the goal before he landed.

Wells was selected in the Australian team for the 2005 International Rules Series but was unable to play due to injury.

He had a fairly good year in which he finished 2nd in the Syd Barker Medal.

On October 14, 2006 Wells married school teacher Mariangela Laudato.

Much critisism has followed Wells due to consistent media attention and somewhat erratic performances. He is renowned for tormenting North Melbourne supporters with a "below par" performance one week, and supplying a titanic performance the next. As a result of his well publicised potential, when the ball falls into his grasp many AFL commentators have been heard to call "dip into the well, Wellsy".

In 2008, the Australian Rules footballer has thus far averaged 18.6 possessions per game.

[edit] External links

• Daniel Wells profile on the Official AFL Website of the Kangaroos Football Club
• The Searching Kangaroo - Unofficial Website of The Mighty Kangaroos

Preceded by Chris Judd

AFLPA Best First Year Player Award 2003

Succeeded by Aaron Davey

North Melbourne Kangaroos Football Club – current squad

1 McIntosh • 2 Hay • 3 Rawlings • 4 Harris • 5 McConnell • 6 Grant • 7 Simpson • 8 Wells • 9 Sinclair • 10 Smith • 11 Archer • 12 Thomas • 13 Trotter • 14 Urch • 15 Green • 16 Brown • 17 Grima • 18 Moran • 19 Swallow • 20 Petrie • 21 Jones • 22 Goldstein • 23 Thompson • 24 Firrito • 25 Lower • 26 Hansen • 27 Edwards • 28 Riggio • 29 Harvey • 30 Pratt • 31 Hale • 32 Sansbury • 33 Hutchison* • 34 Urquhart • 35 Warren • 36 Watt • 37 Ross • 38 Gibson • 39 Harding • 40 Adams* • 41 Hughes* • 42 McMahon • 43 Campbell* • 44 Whyman • Coach: Laidley * denotes Rookie Listed players