Danny Frawley

Daniel Patrick Frawley (8 September 1963 – 9 September 2019) was an Australian rules footballer and football commentator. He worked for Fox Sports. He coached the Richmond Football Club between 2000 and 2004.

Danny Frawley
Frawley during a pre-season match in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Patrick Frawley
Nickname(s)	Spud
Date of birth	(1963-09-08)8 September 1963
Place of birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Date of death	9 September 2019(2019-09-09) (aged 56)
Place of death	Millbrook, Victoria
Original team	Bungaree (CHFL)
Debut	Round 4, 1984, St Kilda v. Hawthorn, at Princes Park
Position(s)	Full back
Career highlights
St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame (inducted 2006) St Kilda captain: 1987–1995 All-Australian team: 1988 St Kilda best and fairest: 1988

He was the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Hawthorn Football Club player James Frawley. Frawley worked for the St Kilda Football Club as a specialist defence coach on a part-time basis.^[1]

Frawley was born in Ballarat, Victoria.

On 9 September 2019, Frawley was killed in a car crash near Millbrook, Victoria.^[2][3] He was 56 years old.^[4] His death was ruled as a suicide by the coroner.^[5] After his death, an autopsy revealed that Frawley had been suffering from Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).^[6]