Danny Jacobs (footballer)

Danny Jacobs
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Jacobs
Date of birth	(1980-06-25) 25 June 1980 (age 44)
Original team(s)	South Melbourne Districts/ Prahran under-18s[1]
Draft	No. 36, 1998 national draft
Debut	Round 14, 1999, Essendon vs. Fremantle, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1999–2003	Essendon	081 (23)
2004–2007	Hawthorn	045 0(6)
Total		126 (29)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born 25 June 1980) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Essendon career

Jacobs played for Essendon from 1999 to 2003, including the 2001 AFL Grand Final loss to Brisbane. After playing 81 games for Essendon, he was traded to Hawthorn at the end of the 2003 season as part of the Veale Deal that resulted in Jade Rawlings being traded to the Western Bulldogs.^[2]

Hawthorn career

After missing only two matches in his last three seasons at Essendon, Jacobs' time at Hawthorn was plagued by injuries to his leg, hand, back, jaw and hip. In March 2008, after playing only 45 games over four years, Jacobs announced his retirement from AFL football because of a degenerative hip problem.^[3]

In 2010, Jacobs joined the St Kilda City Football Club (Southern Football League), having crossed over from Port Colts (WRFL).

Statistics

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1999	Essendon	42	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	0
2000	Essendon	42	9	3	4	46	37	83	28	17	0.3	0.4	5.1	4.1	9.2	3.1	1.9	0
2001	Essendon	42	23	7	7	172	98	270	96	34	0.3	0.3	7.5	4.3	11.7	4.2	1.5	0
2002	Essendon	21	24	9	9	257	133	390	146	38	0.4	0.4	10.7	5.5	16.3	6.1	1.6	1
2003	Essendon	21	24	4	3	185	138	323	119	39	0.2	0.1	7.7	5.8	13.5	5.0	1.6	0
2004	Hawthorn	8	12	3	1	70	81	151	65	15	0.3	0.1	5.8	6.8	12.6	5.4	1.3	0
2005	Hawthorn	8	15	2	2	124	119	243	105	18	0.1	0.1	8.3	7.9	16.2	7.0	1.2	1
2006	Hawthorn	8	9	0	0	86	69	155	69	12	0.0	0.0	9.6	7.7	17.2	7.7	1.3	0
2007	Hawthorn	8	9	1	0	103	42	145	72	14	0.1	0.0	11.4	4.7	16.1	8.0	1.6	0
Career[4]			126	29	26	1045	717	1762	701	188	0.2	0.2	8.3	5.7	14.0	5.6	1.5	2

Honours and achievements

Team

• 3× Minor premiership (Essendon): 1999, 2000, 2001

Individual

• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2001

References

1. "FEATURE STORY: SOUTH OF NOWHERE". Essendon Football Club. 18 July 2000. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
2. "Veale deal a fitting end to the trade game". The Age. 18 October 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
3. Gullan, Scott (13 March 2008)Hip problem forces Danny Jacobs' hand; Herald Sun
4. "Danny Jacobs". AFLTables. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

External links

• Danny Jacobs's playing statistics from AFL Tables