Danyle Pearce

Danyle Pearce
Danyle Pearce playing for Port Adelaide during the 2007 AFL Season
Personal information
Full name	Danyle Pearce
Date of birth	(1986-04-07) 7 April 1986
Place of birth	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Sturt (SANFL)
Height / weight	178cm / 76kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Fremantle
Number	6
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star 2006
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Danyle Pearce (born 7 April 1986) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Port Adelaide Football Club between 2005 and 2012.

Early life

Danyle is of Indigenous Australian descent and his ancestry can be traced to the Kokatha.

Pearce began playing for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also represented South Australia in basketball, as a point guard.

AFL career

Port Adelaide career (2005–2012)

Pearce was a selected as a rookie listed player by the Port Adelaide Football Club with the 16th selection in the 2005 Rookie Draft.

He made his AFL debut in Round 18, 2005 for the Port Adelaide Power. He was named Best First Year Player for the Power in 2005 and nominated in round 3, 2006 for the AFL Rising Star award.

Pearce won the 2006 NAB Rising Star with 43 votes out of a possible 45. Second place for this award was Andrew Raines with 35. This made Pearce become the first former rookie-listed player to win the award. In his speech, Pearce said "My kneecaps were shaking" and "I loved the free food" since Pearce also admitted that he came to the awarding ceremony for the food and entertainment.

He played in the International Rules series against Ireland in 2006.

Pearce also won the Gavin Wanganeen Medal, being the first to receive the newly created 2006 award, for best up and coming rising star at the Port Adelaide Football Club, and the AFLPA's Marn Grook Award. He received 13 votes in the 2006 Brownlow Medal.

During the team's unsuccessful 2008 season Pearce suffered from a form slump and was dropped down to Sturt for a week, however, he showed a good display in round 22 with 28 possessions and a goal.

Fremantle career (2013-)

On 1 October 2012, the Fremantle Football Club used the newly introduced Free Agency Period to make a bid for Pearce, who was classified as a Restricted Free Agent. Port Adelaide chose to not match Fremantle's offer, resulting in Pearce signing with Fremantle for the 2013 season.

Pearce led the AFL for total inside 50's and inside 50's per game in the 2014 home and away season.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2005	Port Adelaide	41	7	6	5	49	23	72	25	6	0.9	0.7	7.0	3.3	10.3	3.6	0.9
2006	Port Adelaide	16	22	12	10	275	157	432	92	48	0.6	0.4	12.5	7.1	19.6	4.2	2.2
2007	Port Adelaide	16	21	14	14	271	144	415	105	36	0.7	0.7	12.9	6.9	19.8	5.0	1.7
2008	Port Adelaide	16	21	10	8	263	130	393	69	65	0.5	0.4	12.5	6.2	18.7	3.3	3.1
2009	Port Adelaide	6	22	13	16	277	174	451	78	53	0.6	0.7	12.6	7.9	20.5	3.6	2.4
2010	Port Adelaide	6	22	12	13	301	139	440	45	83	0.6	0.6	13.7	6.3	20.0	2.0	3.8
2011	Port Adelaide	6	19	5	4	260	142	402	43	51	0.3	0.2	13.7	7.5	21.2	2.3	2.7
2012	Port Adelaide	6	20	4	9	299	125	424	35	49	0.2	0.4	15.0	6.2	21.2	1.8	2.4
2013	Fremantle	6	25	10	21	326	182	508	90	85	0.4	0.8	13.0	7.3	20.3	3.6	3.4
2014	Fremantle	6	24	19	18	313	150	463	56	75	0.8	0.8	13.0	6.2	19.3	2.3	3.1
2015	Fremantle	6	23	14	10	317	143	460	86	61	0.6	0.4	13.8	6.2	20.0	3.7	2.6
Career			226	119	128	2951	1509	4460	724	612	0.5	0.6	13.1	6.7	19.7	3.2	2.7

External links

• Danyle Pearce's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
• Danyle Pearce's playing statistics from AFL Tables