Darren Milburn

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Darren Milburn
Personal information
Full name Darren Milburn
Nickname(s) Dasher[1]
Date of birth (1977-04-15) 15 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Victoria, Australia
Original team(s) Kilmore / Calder U18 (TAC Cup)
Draft 48th overall, 1995
Geelong
Height/Weight 189 cm / 92 kg
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2011 Geelong 292 (94)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Victoria 1 (0)
International team honours
2005 Australia
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights

Darren Milburn (born 15 April 1977), is an AFL former assistant Coach for the Adelaide Crows and a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A defender, 1.89 metres (6 ft 2 in) tall and weighing 92 kilograms (203 lb), Milburn is renowned for his competitiveness, decision-making and for both his physical and mental strength.[1][2]

Milburn was selected in the 2007 All-Australian Team, and was part of Geelong's AFL premiership-winning team in the same year, a feat which has seen him become the first premiership player to play 250 matches for Geelong.[2] He has also represented the Victorian state team in the AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match, as well as being selected to represent Australia in International rules football.

Early life

Darren Milburn grew up in the country town of Kilmore, Victoria,[2] where he attended school and played for the Kilmore Football Club. Milburn met his future wife, Tania, in his teenage years whilst still at school,[2][3] and also was school friends with another future AFL footballer, Barry Hall, whom he met at a high school he attended in Broadford, Victoria.[2]

Career

2007

In season 2007 he received his first All-Australian guernsey in the back-pocket. Milburn played a pivotal role in Geelong's defence throughout the groundbreaking year, which ended with a Premiership medallion for the veteran.

2008

In season 2008 Milburn once again was a regular fixture in the young Geelong side. In Geelong's round 16 game against the Western Bulldogs at Skilled Stadium, he racked up 19 disposals in the first quarter, breaking the record for the most number of dispsals in any quarter of football.[4]

At the end of Season 2011. Milburn retired after playing 292 games and Two premierships in 07 and 09 since his debut in 1997, Milburn was named as an emergency for the 2011 Premiership. Milburn then went into coaching straight away and Joined the Adelaide crows for season 2012 Joining New coach Brenton Sanderson a former team-mate and Assistant coach at Geelong. Darren Milburn quit the Adelaide football club at the end of 2015 to return home to Victoria.

Statistics

[5]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
† Denotes seasons in which Milburn won an AFL Premiership
Led the league for the Season only*
Led the league after finals only*
Led the league after Season and Finals*

*10 games required to be eligible.

Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1997 Geelong 39 10 5 3 79 51 130 44 20 0.5 0.3 7.9 5.1 13.0 4.4 2.0
1998 Geelong 39 15 5 5 118 78 196 55 35 0.3 0.3 7.9 5.2 13.1 3.7 2.3
1999 Geelong 39 21 15 8 240 150 390 91 50 0.7 0.4 11.4 7.1 18.6 4.3 2.4
2000 Geelong 39 17 13 6 179 144 323 82 44 0.8 0.4 10.5 8.5 19.0 4.8 2.6
2001 Geelong 39 22 5 4 227 171 398 131 24 0.2 0.2 10.3 7.8 18.1 6.0 2.4
2002 Geelong 39 15 1 0 106 108 214 63 31 0.1 0.0 7.1 7.2 14.3 4.2 2.1
2003 Geelong 39 20 5 4 144 153 297 73 40 0.3 0.2 7.2 7.7 14.9 3.7 2.0
2004 Geelong 39 23 3 5 233 196 429 134 66 0.1 0.2 10.1 8.5 18.7 5.8 2.9
2005 Geelong 39 23 15 8 284 171 455 146 76 0.7 0.3 12.3 7.4 19.8 6.3 3.3
2006 Geelong 39 22 8 4 242 209 451 167 49 0.4 0.2 11.0 9.5 20.5 7.6 2.2
2007† Geelong 39 25 5 8 274 288 562 179 57 0.2 0.3 11.0 11.5 22.5 7.2 2.3
2008 Geelong 39 22 7 1 242 200 442 155 47 0.3 0.0 11.0 9.1 20.1 7.0 2.1
2009† Geelong 39 21 3 2 273 197 470 132 33 0.1 0.1 13.0 9.4 22.4 6.3 1.6
2010 Geelong 39 22 1 2 271 240 511 159 49 0.0 0.1 12.3 10.9 23.2 7.2 2.2
2011 Geelong 39 14 3 0 135 120 255 76 24 0.2 0.0 9.6 8.6 18.2 5.4 1.7
Career 292 94 60 3047 2476 5523 1687 674 0.3 0.2 10.4 8.5 18.9 5.8 2.3

Honours and achievements

Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
1997 —
1998 —
1999 5
2000 —
2001 2
2002 6
2003 2
2004 3
2005 4
2006 1
2007 —
2008 —
Total 23
Key:
Red / Italics = Ineligible

Team:

  • AFL Premiership (Geelong): 2007, 2009
  • AFL McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2007, 2008
  • AFL NAB Cup (Geelong): 2006, 2009

Individual:

  • Geelong Football Club:
  • TAC Cup:
    • Team of the Year: 1995

Milestones:

Tribunal history

Season Round Charge category (level) Victim Result Verdict Ref(s)
2001 22 Charging Stephen Silvagni (Carlton) Guilty (lost at tribunal) 3 matches suspension [6][7]
2007 20 Interference with opponent Shannon Grant (North Melbourne) Guilty (early plea) $600 fine [7][8][9][10]
2008 18 Rough conduct (4) Shane Edwards (Richmond) Guilty (won at tribunal) 1 match suspension [7][11][12]

Although he kept mostly out of trouble throughout his career, Milburn had two notable tribunal cases.

  • In 2001, he was suspended for three weeks for charging, after he knocked out Carlton's Stephen Silvagni with a hip to the head late in Geelong's last match for the year; there was also discussion of charging Milburn for 'bringing the game into disrepute', when he provocatively clapped to the Carlton crowd as it booed him from the ground, but he did not have to formally face this charge.[13] He was never forgiven by Carlton fans, who booed him for the rest of his career.[14]
  • In 2008, Milburn was suspended for one week for rough conduct against Richmond's Shane Edwards. In the incident, Milburn pinned Edwards' arms in a tackle and slung him into the ground, causing Edwards' unprotected head hit the ground. Milburn was able to successfully, but controversially, argue the contact should be viewed as body contact rather than head-high contact because Milburn never contacted Edwards' head himself; this reduced his suspension from three matches to one. This case was the most prominent of four cases which led directly to the establishment of "dangerous tackle" as a tribunal charge distinct from "rough conduct" from the 2009 season onwards.[15]

Personal life

Milburn is married to his teenage sweetheart, Tania,[2][3] with whom he has had two children: a daughter, Imogen, and a son, Jett.[3]

References

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  5. ↑ Darren Milburn's player profile at AFL Tables
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