Danyle Pearce
{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{distinguish|text=former Western Bulldogs footballer, Daniel Pearce}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Danyle Pearce
| image = Danyle Pearce.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Pearce with Port Adelaide in 2007
| fullname = Danyle Pearce
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = Sturt (SANFL)
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 76 kg
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 2005–2012
| club1 = {{AFL|PA}}
| games_goals1 = 154 (76)
| years2 = 2013–2018
| club2 = {{AFL Fre}}
| games_goals2 = 104 (51)
| games_goalstotal = 258 (127)
| statsend = 2018
| sooyears1 = 2007–2015
| sooteam1 = Indigenous All-Stars
| soogames_goals1 = 3 (0)
| nationalyears1 = 2006
| nationalteam1 = Australia
| nationalgames_goals1 = 2 (0)
| repstatsend = 2015
| careerhighlights = *AFL Rising Star 2006
- Peel Thunder Best and Fairest 2018
- Showdown Medal 2008
}}
Danyle Pearce (born 7 April 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Port Adelaide between 2005 and 2012 and Fremantle between 2013 and 2018.
Early life
Danyle is of Indigenous Australian descent and his ancestry can be traced to the Kokatha.AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
Pearce began playing for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also represented South Australia in basketball, as a point guard.
Pearce attend Springbank Secondary College, then known as Pasadena High School.
AFL career
=Port Adelaide career (2005–2012)=
Pearce was a selected as a rookie listed player by the Port Adelaide Football Club with the 16th selection in the 2005 Rookie Draft.
He made his AFL debut in Round 18, 2005 for the Port Adelaide Power. He was named Best First Year Player for the Power in 2005 and nominated in round 3, 2006 for the AFL Rising Star award.
Pearce won the 2006 NAB Rising Star with 43 votes out of a possible 45. Second place for this award was Andrew Raines with 35. This made Pearce become the first former rookie-listed player to win the award."[http://www.aboriginalfootball.com.au/sep06.html Pearce NAB's the Rising Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218054529/http://www.aboriginalfootball.com.au/sep06.html |date=18 February 2007 }}" aboriginalfootball.com.au URL accessed 7 September 2006
He played in the International Rules series against Ireland in 2006.
Pearce also won the Gavin Wanganeen Medal, being the first to receive the newly created 2006 award, for best up and coming rising star at the Port Adelaide Football Club, and the AFLPA's Marn Grook Award. He received 13 votes in the 2006 Brownlow Medal.
During the team's unsuccessful 2008 season Pearce suffered from a form slump and was dropped down to Sturt for a week, however, he showed a good display in round 22 with 28 possessions and a goal.
= Fremantle career (2013–2018) =
On 1 October 2012, the Fremantle Football Club used the newly introduced Free Agency Period to make a bid for Pearce, who was classified as a Restricted Free Agent."[http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/148905/default.aspx Freo tables Pearce offer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002055020/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/148905/default.aspx |date=2 October 2012 }}" afl.com.au URL accessed 1 October 2010 Port Adelaide chose to not match Fremantle's offer, resulting in Pearce signing with Fremantle for the 2013 season.{{cite news|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/sport/15031074/danyle-in-the-dockers-den/ |title=Danyle in the Dockers den |first=Mark |last=Duffield|work=The West Australian |date=4 October 2012}}
Pearce led the AFL for total inside 50s and inside 50s per game in the 2014 home and away season.
Pearce retired at the end of the 2018 season after 258 senior games.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables}}
- {{AustralianFootball}}
- {{WAFL FootyFacts}}
{{Ron Evans Medal}}
{{Showdown Medal}}
{{2006 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{2006 Australian international rules team}}
{{2007 Indigenous All-Stars squad}}
{{2009 Indigenous All-Stars squad}}
{{2015 Indigenous All-Stars squad}}
{{Peel Thunder 2017 WAFL premiers}}
{{2005 AFL rookie draft}}
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Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players
Category:Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions)
Category:Fremantle Football Club players
Category:Sturt Football Club players
Category:Peel Thunder Football Club players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Category:21st-century Indigenous Australian people
Category:AFL Rising Star winners
Category:Australia international rules football team players