Daniel Archer

{{short description|Australian rules football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{for|the Australian cricketer|Daniel Archer (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Daniel Archer

| image =

| fullname = Daniel John Archer{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=Archer, Daniel John – NAFC History Database |url=https://nafc.com.au/history/search?type=player&id=77742baf-d656-431e-80b4-74372df78a9b |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=North Adelaide Football Club}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|26|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Kingborough

| draftpick = No. 36, 2010 Rookie Draft

| height = 193 cm

| weight = 99 kg

| position = Forward

| statsend = 2011

| years1 = 2009

| club1 = Clarence

| games_goals1 = 9 (3)

| years2 = 2010–2011

| club2 = {{VFL San}}

| games_goals2 = 42 (40)

| years3 = 2011–2012

| club3 = {{AFL StK}}

| games_goals3 = 1 (0)

| years4 = 2013

| club4 = {{SANFL NA}}

| games_goals4 = 3 (0)

| years5 = 2017

| club5 = Tigers

| games_goals5 = 3 (4)

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Daniel John Archer (born 26 October 1991) is an Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Originally from Tasmanian Football League (TFL) club Clarence, Archer was recruited by St Kilda with pick number 36 at the 2010 AFL Rookie Draft and made his senior AFL debut in round 2, 2011, against {{AFL Ric}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.saints.com.au/players/playerprofile/danielarcher/tabid/8471/playerid/21696/category/senior/season/2011/selected/bio/default.aspx |title=Daniel Archer Player Profile, St Kilda Football Club |access-date=17 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003065806/http://www.saints.com.au/players/playerprofile/danielarcher/tabid/8471/playerid/21696/category/senior/season/2011/selected/bio/default.aspx |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} Dropped after a quiet match, Archer did not return to the senior team and played the remainder of 2011 and all of 2012 with St Kilda's Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliated side Sandringham.{{cite web|last=Jackson|first=Peter|title=Peter Jackson VFL - Round 9 - Sandringham V Geelong|url=http://www.sandringhamfc.com.au/footy-match-report.aspx?id=29|publisher=Sandringham Football Club|accessdate=12 August 2013}}

Archer was delisted by St Kilda at the end of 2012 and recruited by SANFL club North Adelaide. Injuries delayed his debut for North Adelaide until Round 19 of the 2013 SANFL season.{{cite web|last=Partland|first=Warren|title=Daniel Archer boosts North Adelaide at last|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/daniel-archer-boosts-north-adelaide-at-last/story-fnii0294-1226693870678|work=The Advertiser|publisher=News Ltd|accessdate=12 August 2013}} He left North Adelaide after a single injury-riddled season in which he managed only three senior games to move to Wangaratta Rovers in the Ovens & Murray Football League for the 2014 season.{{cite news|last1=Bourke|first1=Jake|title=BULLSEYE! Former Saint Daniel Archer joins Wangaratta Rovers|url=http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2040992/bullseye-former-saint-daniel-archer-joins-wangaratta-rovers/|accessdate=30 July 2014|work=The Border Mail|date=23 January 2014}}

Archer played a one-off game for Tasmanian Football League (TSL) club Kingborough in 2017.{{cite web|title=Tasmanian State League - Tigers FC V Glenorchy|url=http://www.tasmanianstateleague.com.au/2017/07/magpies-outshine-tigers/|publisher=Tasmanian State League}}