Daniel Motlop

{{Short description|Former Australian rules footballer, businessman}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Daniel Motlop

| image = Daniel_Motlop_Port_Power.JPG

| alt =

| caption = Daniel Motlop at training in 2007

| fullname = Daniel Motlop

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = North Adelaide (SANFL)

| height = 185 cm

| weight = 90 kg

| position = Forward

| statsend = 2011

| years1 = 2001–2005

| club1 = {{AFL Kan}}

| games_goals1 = {{0}}47 {{0}}(53)

| years2 = 2006–2011

| club2 = {{AFL|PA}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}83 (155)

| games_goalstotal = 130 (208)

| sooyears1 = 2007–2009

| sooteam1 = Indigenous All-Stars

| soogames_goals1 = 2

| sooyears2 = 2008

| sooteam2 = Dream Team

| soogames_goals2 = 1 (2)

| nationalyears1 = 2008

| nationalteam1 = Australia

| nationalgames_goals1 = 2

| careerhighlights = *{{AFL|PA}} leading goalkicker 2008

2003 AFL Rising Star nominee

}}

Daniel Motlop (born 16 March 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played a total of 130 senior games for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After leaving the AFL, Motlop played for the Wanderers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League for some time.

An Indigenous Australian of the Larrakia people, Motlop is co-founder and general manager of a native foods business called Something Wild, established in 2016 and located in the Barossa Valley, South Australia.

Early life and family

Daniel Motlop was born on 16 March 1982.{{cite web | title=Daniel Motlop | website=AFL Tables | url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Daniel_Motlop.html | access-date=3 July 2023}} He is a Larrakia man from Darwin, Northern Territory.{{cite web | title=Daniel Motlop | website=NAIDOC | url=https://www.naidoc.org.au/award-finalist/daniel-motlop | access-date=3 July 2023}}

He is one of a number of family members to have played in the AFL. He is the younger brother of North Melbourne and Melbourne player Shannon, the older brother of Port Adelaide player Steven, and the cousin of fellow Port Adelaide player Marlon.

{{as of |November 2021}} Daniel's son Jesse plays for the Carlton Football Club.{{cite web| url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-snare-dynamic-motlop-in-afl-draft-c-4704932|title=Carlton snare dynamic Motlop in AFL draft |last1=Hope |first1=Shayne |date=25 November 2021 |website=Perth Now |publisher=A[P |access-date=30 November 2021}}

Football career

=AFL=

== Kangaroos (2001–2005) ==

Playing as a defender or forward, Motlop debuted in 2001 for the Kangaroos and was traded to Port Adelaide at the end of 2005 due to a desire to return to South Australia.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

== Port Adelaide (2006–2011) ==

In late 2005 Motlop was traded to Port Adelaide. In the 2007 season, Motlop suffered from an ankle injury in Round 1 and a broken collarbone in Round 9. However, he came back in Round 13 against Brisbane and kicked a career best 6 goals to help set up Port's win, including a goal of the year nomination.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

In the 2008 AFL season he ranked 10th on the list of most goals kicked in the AFL, including a career best 7-goal game against Essendon and a 5-goal game against Fremantle, including a candidate for goal of the year.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

The 2009 season saw Motlop average 2 goals a game in the 11 games he played, but he missed most of the second half of the season with a fractured ankle. Surgery to his ankle prevented him from returning to the Power side until Round 7, 2010, where he kicked 3.1 goals. He was delisted by the Power at the end of the 2011 season, marking an end to his 83 games and 155 goals with the club.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/10/18/motlop-shown-the-door-by-port-adelaide/ |title=Motlop shown the door by Port Adelaide |last1=Pike |first1=Chris |date=18 October 2011 |website=Sports News First |publisher=Sports News Firs |access-date=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110203834/http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/10/18/motlop-shown-the-door-by-port-adelaide/ |archive-date=10 January 2014 |df=dmy }}

=Post-AFL football career=

His post-AFL career has included stints with the Wanderers Football Club in the Northern Territory Football League.{{cite web |url=http://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/australian-football/daniel-motlops-playing-future-in-the-balance/story-fnk2to87-1226797366973 |title=Motlop footy future saved by 'technicality' |author= |date=8 January 2014 |website=NT News |publisher=News Corp |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110212317/http://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/australian-football/daniel-motlops-playing-future-in-the-balance/story-fnk2to87-1226797366973 |url-status=dead }}

Business career: Something Wild

In 2016 Motlop became general manager and part-owner of a native foods business, Something Wild, located in the Barossa Valley.{{cite web | title=About | website=Something Wild | url=https://www.somethingwild.com.au/copy-of-recipes | access-date=1 September 2022}}{{cite web |url = https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/east-hills/former-port-footballer-daniel-motlop-who-owns-something-wild-to-teach-cooking-with-native-ingredients/news-story/55f9b4d5fcddc4ac89cf8f89e9fd2c3b| title =Former Port footballer Daniel Motlop who owns Something Wild to teach cooking with native ingredients| first = Celeste |last =Villani |website =The Advertiser |date =30 November 2017}}{{cite web | last=Richards | first=Zara | title=Sôl Rooftop Bar and Seven Seasons Spirits collaborate for ultimate sunset degustation | website=Glam Adelaide | date=2 November 2021 | url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/sol-rooftop-bar-and-seven-seasons-spirits-collaborate-for-ultimate-sunset-degustation/ | access-date=1 September 2022}} His brothers Steven and Shannon, and their father Eddie, are also involved in the enterprise, and his cousin Marlon was also involved in the business {{as of|lc=yes|August 2022}}.{{cite web |url =https://m.facebook.com/194764094549/videos/432676082148170/?__so__=permalink&locale=ne_NP&_rdr|publisher= Facebook, for ABC Australia | title = Former footy star Marlon Motlop changes career... (Moving to the Country TV series) |date =4 August 2022}}

The food and beverage company specialises in Indigenous Australian foods, including game meats and native greens, and supply restaurants and consumers across the country. These include magpie goose, kangaroo, wild boar, green ants, native greens, herbs and spices, kakadu plums, and red bush apples. It also provides employment and training opportunities to Indigenous Australians.

Recognition and awards

Motlop won the 2023 NAIDOC Week award for Innovation, for being the driving force behind Something Wild.{{cite web | last=Williams | first=Carly | title='Stand with us, Australia': NAIDOC Award winner's message on the Voice |website= ABC News | date=1 July 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/black-excellence-indigenous-leaders-honoured-at-naidoc-ball-2023/102550988 | access-date=3 July 2023}}

References

External links

{{AFL Tables|D/Daniel_Motlop}}
{{official|https://www.aflnt.com.au/leaguesntflclubs/wanderers|Wanderers official website}}

Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players

Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)

Category:North Melbourne Football Club players

Category:North Adelaide Football Club players

Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:Wanderers Football Club players

Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football

Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people

Category:Australia international rules football team players

Category:Port Melbourne Football Club players

Category:21st-century Australian businesspeople

Category:Australian rules footballers from Darwin, Northern Territory

Category:Larrakia people

Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen