Anthony Daly

Australian rules footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAustralian rules footballer
PlacesAustralia
wasAthlete Football player Australian-rules footballer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth9 January 1874, South Australia, Australia
Death21 August 1942Prospect, South Australia, Australia (aged 68 years)
Star signCapricorn
Family
Siblings:John Daly
Sports Teams
Norwood Football Club
South Adelaide Football Club
West Adelaide Football Club
West Torrens Football Club
North Adelaide Football Club
The details

Biography

Anthony Joseph "Bos" Daly (9 January 1874 – 21 August 1942) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the five teams in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) between 1893 and 1912.

In 1893, whilst playing for Norwood, he set a record for the most goals kicked by a player in a single game of elite football, which has been equalled but remains unbeaten as of 2018. Daly kicked 23 of Norwood's 29 goals in a 27-goal win over Adelaide (unrelated to the modern-day AFL team). However, due to the visitors being unable to field a full team, the game was played with fourteen players per side instead of the normal twenty of the time.

Daly kicked 88 goals for the season, including 49 against Adelaide (he kicked five (on debut), six, and fifteen goals in the other three matches), who dropped out of the SAFA and folded at the end of 1893. Daly's season total remained an elite football record until broken by Gordon Coventry in the VFL in 1927, and a South Australian record until broken by Ken Farmer in 1930.

He is the brother of John "Bunny" Daly, who was also inducted in the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.

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