Tony Delaney (born 27 December 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. During his nine years in the Australian Football League he played for three clubs,

Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington *Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport *Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United King ...

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

and St Kilda. Injuries restricted him to only 76 games in this time. He is most notable as being traded by Essendon to Fremantle along with

Dale Kickett Dale Mathew Kickett (born 4 May 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer. Kickett played for Fitzroy Lions, West Coast Eagles, St Kilda Saints, Essendon Bombers, and Fremantle Dockers, all being between 1990 - 2002. Kickett holds the shar ...

and

Todd Ridley Todd Ridley (born 11 February 1969) is a former Australian rules footballer. He played mainly as a full forward. He is notable for kicking Fremantle Football Club's first goal in the AFL. AFL career During his seven years in the Australian F ...

which enabled the Bombers to recruit star players Scott Lucas and

Matthew Lloyd Matthew James Lloyd (born 16 April 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A highly decorated full-forward, Lloyd's AFL's honours include b ...

.Fremantle 1994 Draft Details
/ref> After he retired from the AFL he returned to the WAFL and played for

Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** Claremont Football Club, West Australian Footba ...

from 2004 until 2006. He had previously played for South Fremantle during his time with Fremantle.

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* 1975 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Essendon Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players South Fremantle Football Club players Claremont Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Western Australian State of Origin players {{AFL-bio-1970s-stub