Daniel Wulf (born 19 May 1980) is an
Australian rules football
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er, who played for
St Kilda Football Club
The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league.
The club ...
in the
Australian Football League
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(AFL).
Wulf originally played for Doveton and
Dandenong Stingrays. He was recruited by the
Western Bulldogs with the 16th selection in the
1999 Pre-season Draft. In his first season, Wulf had stress fractures in his foot and missed 10 weeks. The Bulldogs delisted Wulf at the end of 1999.
In 2000, Wulf played for
East Burwood
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, but was able to be called up to play for St Kilda, but he did not play for St Kilda all season. At the end of 2000, Wulf was drafted by St Kilda with the 82nd selection in the
2000 AFL Draft.
One of
Wulf made his AFL debut in round 14 of the 2001 season, against
Brisbane. He played eight games in his first season for the Saints. In one game in 2002 when St Kilda played
Sydney
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, Wulf had the chance to win the game at the 31 minute mark of the last quarter. He was running into an open goal and kick the ball into the post, tying the game at 56 all. At the end of 2002, Wulf had surgery on his ankle. After playing six games in 2003, he suffered a season-ending injury. After failing to play a senior match in 2004, Wulf was delisted by St Kilda at the end of the season.
After being delisted by St Kilda, Wulf signed with
Swan Districts
The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...
in the
Western Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2005 season. He played with Swan Districts from 2005 to 2008, winning the club's leading goalkicker award in 2007. In 2009 Wulf played in the B Grade Premiership for the Mt Lawley in the Western Australian Amateur Football League, beating Wembley and promoting Mt Lawley to A Grade within the WAAFL.
References
External links
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WAFL Online profile
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1980 births
St Kilda Football Club players
Swan Districts Football Club players
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Dandenong Stingrays players