Danny Wheelahan

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Danny Wheelahan

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|01|28|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|08|30|1903|01|28|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Ballan,{{cite web |title=1928 - Talented Wing Player |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184267135 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=5 June 2024 |page=6 |date=5 May 1928}} Bacchus Marsh

| height = 170 cm

| weight = 67 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1926–1930

| club1 = South Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 51 (4)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Danny Wheelahan (28 January 1903 – 30 August 1991) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the VFL during the late 1920s.

Wheelahan had a brief career with South Melbourne but won their Rohan Cup as the best and fairest player in 1929.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4054038 |title=South Melbourne Club. Dissatisfied with Districts |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=3 December 1929 |accessdate=11 June 2015 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} His brother Martin also played for South Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article182993246 |title=Replaced Brother. |newspaper=The Sporting Globe |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=20 August 1930 |accessdate=11 June 2015 |page=8 Edition: Edition2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}