Anthony Joseph "Bos" Daly (9 January 1874 – 21 August 1942) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the five teams in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) between 1893 and 1912.

Family

He is the brother of John "Bunny" Daly, who was also inducted in the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Football

In 1893, whilst playing for Norwood, he set a record for the most goals kicked by a player in a single game of elite football, which has been equaled but remains unbeaten to date. Daly kicked 23 of Norwood's 29 goals in a 27-goal win over

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(unrelated to the modern-day AFL team). However, due to the visitors being unable to field a full team, the game was played with fourteen players per side instead of the normal twenty of the time. Daly kicked 88 goals for the season, including 49 against Adelaide (he kicked five (on debut), six, and fifteen goals in the other three matches), who dropped out of the SAFA and folded at the end of 1893. Daly's season total remained an elite football record until broken by Bonny Campbell in the WAFL in 1926, and a South Australian record until broken by

Ken Farmer Kenneth William George Farmer (25 July 1910 – 5 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Dubbed the ' Bradman of football' in S ...

in 1930.

Notes

References

One of Australia's Greatest Players: "Boss" Daly, Old Player, Talks of the Past, ''The Sporting Globe'', (Wednesday, 13 August 1930), p.8.
1874 births 1942 deaths Australian rules footballers from South Australia Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents North Adelaide Football Club players West Adelaide Football Club players West Torrens Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Norwood Football Club players South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub