Daniel Harford (born 19 March 1977) is a former

Australian rules footballer 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 ...

and coach. Harford played for the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

and

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...

in the

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(AFL) and was senior coach of Carlton in the

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(AFLW). He is also a radio presenter and commentator.

Playing career

Junior football

Originally from

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, Harford was a

Teal Cup The AFL National Championships is an annual Australian national underage representative Australian rules football tournament. Since taking over as national governing body in 1995, the AFL has gradually restructured the competition into a primar ...

captain of Victoria as a youngster. He played junior football for St Mary's in the

Diamond Valley Football League The Northern Football Netball League (NFNL), formerly known as the Diamond Valley Football League (DVFL) and later the Northern Football League (NFL), is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Diamond Creek, Victori ...

, and was recruited from the Northern U18 team by the

with the 8th overall selection in the 1994 AFL Draft.

AFL football

While at Hawthorn, where he made his debut in 1995, Harford was a hard-at-the-ball

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or occasionally,

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. He also made regular appearances on ''The Footy Show'' during this period. In 2002, Harford managed just 11 games, suffering a run of injuries, and continued to struggle for form and fitness in 2003 where he played only another 5 games. Although Harford was on a long-term contract, Hawthorn decided to try to offload him, and at the end of the year Carlton contracted traded pick no. 51 for him, with Hawthorn paying half his contract. During a pre-season run in October 2004 Harford, decided to retire from AFL football.

Local football

Harford played

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football for Old Paradians in 2005, and returned to the VFL to play for the

Northern Bullants The Northern Bullants are a semi-professional Australian rules football club that currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club, which is based in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, plays its home games at Preston City Ov ...

, with whom he had previously played while on the Carlton list. He was consistently one of the best in the Bullants' minor premiership team, winning the Laurie Hill Trophy as the Bullants' best and fairest, and finishing third in the

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count. In 2007, Harford moved to the

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in the Eastern Football League. He played there in 2007, served as playing-coach in 2008 (winning the premiership that season), and retired from playing at the end of 2008.

Coaching career

Local football

Harford continued to serve as non-playing coach at Balwyn until 2011, then as coach at St Kevin's Old Boys in 2012.

AFL Women's

After serving as an assistant coach with during the

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, he was appointed the senior coach of 's AFLW team in April 2018 for the 2019 season onward. In January 2023, Harford was sacked as senior coach after a comprehensive review into the Carlton AFLW Program following a drastic decline in on-field performances.

Coaching statistics

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Media career

Harford joined fledgling Melbourne sports radio network

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in 2005 as a presenter, after his retirement from the AFL and while he was playing in the VAFA. He began by hosting a Sunday afternoon sports show with Robert Shaw, and in 2006 he hosted ''

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'', a morning weekend program, with

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. He made regular appearances on ''The Good Oil'', a weekday afternoon show, between 2007 and 2009, before taking over the time slot in 2010 with his own program ''Harf Time.'' This ran until 2016, when he moved to the drive program. Harford was also involved in the network's VFL and AFL commentary teams. In 2007, Harford hosted a motoring show on Channel 9, ''Test Drive''. In November 2016, Harford resigned from

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and moved to RSN 927 to host the breakfast show.

Personal life

Harford is married to his wife Rebecca. They have a daughter, Abbey and a son, William.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harford, Daniel 1977 births Living people Carlton Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club players Northern Bullants players Northern Knights players Old Paradians Amateur Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Victorian State of Origin players AFL Women's coaches People educated at Parade College