Daryl Griffiths

Daryl Griffiths
Personal information
Born	(1945-11-06) 6 November 1945
Original team	Terang (HFL)
Debut	Round 9, 22 June 1963, St Kilda vs. Essendon, at Windy Hill
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82.5 kg (182 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1963–1970	St Kilda	123 (40)
1972-1973	Claremont	42 (29)
Total		175 (69)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1970.
Career highlights
Premiership player 1966 St Kilda Best and Fairest 1970 Victorian state representative 1967, 1969, 1970 First kick – first goal
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Daryl Griffiths (born 6 November 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the VFL.

VFL Career

A seventeen year old schoolboy recruited from Terang in the Western District, he spent some time in the reserves before getting a call up for the round 9 game against Essendon. Lining up at full forward he managed to kick a goal with his first kick in VFL football. Shortly afterwards he was flattened by Essendon's "Bluey" Shelton and left the ground with a broken collarbone in the same match.

Griffiths played with St Kilda in several positions including as ruck-rover in the 1966 premiership win.

Club best and fairest winner in 1970 in a talented side. In 1971 he stood out of football for the year as he had asked for a clearance to East Fremantle but the club wouldn't clear him. If you stood out of football for a year it automatically gave you an open clearance. He moved to Western Australia and choose to play for Claremont in the WAFL.

Griffths was captain-coach of Horsham's 1976 Wimmera Football League premiership team.

References

• "St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile". Archived from the original on 19 September 2009.
• Saints honour roll
• Profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Boyles Football Photos: Daryl Griffiths

External links

• Daryl Griffiths's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Daryl Griffiths at AustralianFootball.com
• Daryl Griffiths's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.net