Danny Craven is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with St Kilda and the Brisbane Bears

Brisbane Bears

The Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...

 in the Victorian/Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (VFL/AFL).

Craven, having played in the opening four fixtures of the 1989 VFL season

1989 VFL season

-Notable events:* In Round 13, horrendous conditions at Windy Hill saw Essendon and Footscray play the lowest scoring game since the 1927 Grand Final, with the teams combining for only 6.15 ....

, broke his leg in St Kilda's round five game against Essendon

Essendon Football Club

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 at Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

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. He not only missed the rest of the year but also didn't play a senior game in 1990. A rover, he returned in 1991 and averaged 20 disposals from his 18 appearances.

He left St Kilda at the end of the 1992 season and was taken at 78th in the Pre-Season Draft by the Brisbane Bears. In three seasons he put together 25 appearances, 15 of which came in 1994.

Remaining in Queensland after his AFL career ended, Craven coached West Brisbane

Western Magpies Australian Football Club

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 to the 1996 QAFL

Queensland Australian Football League

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 premiership, in his first season as a senior coach. He captained the Brisbane Lions reserves

Suncoast Lions Football Club

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 in 1998 and also served as an assistant coach. The following year he was Craig Brittain

Craig Brittain

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's assistant at North Brisbane. In 2002, his second year as coach of Mount Gravatt, he steered the club to their maiden AFL Queensland State League premiership.