Daniel Gilmore (born 2 March 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer for the

Fremantle Dockers The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

in the Australian Football League. After playing nine games in 2004, he had a frustrating 2005, only playing two games and appearing emergency nine times. After playing mainly as a defender or wingman, in 2006 he was tried as a reserve ruckman due to injuries to regular ruckmen

Aaron Sandilands Aaron Sandilands (born 6 December 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 211cm/6'11" tall, and with a peak weight of , he is the second ...

and

Justin Longmuir Justin Longmuir (born 21 January 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. Longmuir played for Fremantle between 1999 and 2007. Playing car ...

. At 91 kg and 191 cm tall he is much shorter than most other ruckmen and has to rely on his leap, speed and endurance to compete. In 2007, he continued to play as a ruckman because of long term injuries to Longmuir and Sandilands, and towards the end of the season produced some of his best football, gaining more than 20 disposals in 4 consecutive games, including a career high 31 against

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in round 19. When not playing for Fremantle, Gilmore played for South Fremantle in the WAFL and in 2005 was a member of their premiership side and finished in the top 10 for the

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. At the end of the 2009 season Gilmore was delisted from Fremantle and retired from all football to concentrate on becoming a

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after winning his second WAFL premiership with South Fremantle. Gilmore was the head coach of the

Sydney University Australian National Football Club Sydney University Australian National Football Club (SUANFC) was founded in 1865 and is the oldest Australian rules football club in New South Wales. This claim is based on the club being a spin-off from Sydney University Football Club, Austra ...

(SUANFC) in the

North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural ...

(NEAFL) between 2013 and 2016. He is the grandson of

Brian Gilmore Brian Phillip Gilmore (8 July 1933 – 29 November 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Western Bulldogs, Footscray in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s. Gilmore was a follow ...

, a member of Footscray's 1954 premiership team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilmore, Daniel 1983 births Fremantle Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Western Australia