Daryn Cresswell

Daryn Cresswell (born 22 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, and the former senior coach of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club that played in the Victorian Football League.

Daryn Cresswell
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-05-22) 22 May 1971
Original team(s) North Hobart
Draft No. 34, 1988 national draft
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1992–2003 Sydney Swans 244 (208)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Playing career

Cresswell started his football with Glenorchy in the Tasmanian Football League. He also briefly played for Geelong Reserves in the Victorian Football League, Daryn then returned to Tasmania to play with North Hobart in the TFL the following year. Daryn was then drafted to the Sydney Swans in the 1992 mid-season draft.

Cresswell played for the Swans for twelve seasons between 1992 and 2003, playing 244 games, the seventh most games in Sydney and South Melbourne history.[1] He was a member of the Swans losing 1996 Grand Final team and was named in both the Swans and Tasmanian Teams of the Century.[2] In 1993, in his second season he won the Swans most improved award and the following season he was awarded the Bob Skilton Medal as the Swans best for 1994.[3] In 1997 he dislocated his knee cap while laying a tackle, knocked it back into place immediately and played again the next week. Other notable moments in Cresswell's career include a number of game winning goals. Particularly, a kick after the siren to score a goal and secure victory for the Sydney Swans over North Melbourne Kangaroos in round 4 of the 2002 season.[4]

Statistics
[5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1992 Sydney 288414100561562310.51.812.57.019.52.90.10
1993 Sydney 281829152248330775181.60.812.44.617.14.21.00
1994 Sydney 2821151327515242784260.70.613.17.220.34.01.23
1995 Sydney 8221713306201507111240.80.613.99.123.05.01.13
1996 Sydney 8241122363161524106560.50.915.16.721.84.42.33
1997 Sydney 823161436724461171320.70.616.010.626.63.11.46
1998 Sydney 824211337526463985150.90.515.611.026.63.50.613
1999 Sydney 823181135228463698260.80.515.312.327.74.31.17
2000 Sydney 8222311364202566108311.00.516.59.225.74.91.411
2001 Sydney 818161223711535277310.90.713.26.419.64.31.78
2002 Sydney 822171527722350081480.80.712.610.122.73.72.22
2003 Sydney 81921621715937691311.10.311.48.419.84.81.65
Career 244 208 159 3457 2144 5601 1010 339 0.9 0.7 14.2 8.8 23.0 4.1 1.4 61

Coaching and post-football life

Following his retirement as a player Cresswell became an assistant coach, firstly at Geelong and then at Brisbane. He then moved back to Tasmania and coached the Tasmanian Devils in the VFL. Cresswell's brother Shane had coached Ulverstone (NTFL) to the premiership in 2000. In 2009 Cresswell was appointed player coach of Division One Sydney AFL side the Manly Wolves. Despite a promising start to the season, numerous off-field issues -including being extradited to Queensland for fraud- and player discontent saw Cresswell sacked from the role at season's end. In April 2009 he was declared bankrupt, owing almost $700,000. He admitted that a gambling addiction had led him to lose everything after he retired from playing football. 2010 saw Cresswell sign with Sydney AFL Premier Division side Western Suburbs, kicking 33 goals in 10 matches.[2] In December 2010 Cresswell was found guilty of fraud offences and sentenced to a minimum 10 months jail. Upon release in October 2011, he appeared on Channel 7's Sunday Night, where he admitted to placing a $200 bet on a match he was playing in back in 2003.[6]

References
  1. Swans alltime player list
  2. Barrett, Damian (23 April 2009) Gambling addiction sees former Sydney Swans AFL player Daryn Cresswell declared bankrupt; Herald Sun
  3. Swans Honour Roll Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Matt Abrahams 'The seven best goals kicked after the siren, The Roar, 19 May 2016 https://www.theroar.com.au/2016/05/20/seven-best-goals-kicked-siren/
  5. Daryn Cresswell's player profile at AFL Tables
  6. Gareth Trickey (8 July 2009) Former Sydney Swans Daryn Cresswell to face fraud counts; Herald Sun
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