Danny Craven (born 3 May 1967) is a former

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er who played with St Kilda and the

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in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Playing as a rover, Craven, played in the opening four fixtures of the

1989 VFL season The 1989 VFL season was the 93rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria and, by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queens ...

, before breaking his leg in St Kilda's round five game against

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at Windy Hill. He not only missed the rest of the year but also didn't play a senior game in

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. A rover, he returned for

1991 AFL season The 1991 AFL season was the 95th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), which was known previously as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season ran from 22 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away sea ...

and averaged 20 disposals from his 18 appearances. He left St Kilda at the end of the

1992 AFL season The 1992 AFL season was the 96th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured fift ...

and was taken at number 78 in the Pre-Season Draft by the Brisbane Bears. In three seasons Craven played 25 games for Brisbane, 15 of which came in

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. Remaining in

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after his AFL career ended, Craven coached West Brisbane to the 1996 QAFL premiership, in his first season as a senior coach. He captained the Brisbane Lions reserves in

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and also served as an assistant coach. The following year Craven was Craig Brittain's assistant at North Brisbane. In 2002, his second year as coach of

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, he steered the club to their maiden AFL Queensland State League premiership. Craven accepted a role in 2016 to coach the Mayne Australian Football Club in the QFA North Competition Nicknamed "Chippa", Craven is currently an AFL commentator for the

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(NIRS).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Craven, Danny 1967 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Brisbane Bears players Wangaratta Football Club players Living people