Daryn Cresswell (born 22 May 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, and the former senior coach of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club that played in the Victorian Football League.
Playing career
Cresswell started his football with Glenorchy in the Tasmanian Football League. He also briefly played for Geelong Reserves in the Victorian Football League. Daryn then returned to Tasmania to play with North Hobart in the TFL the following year. Daryn was then drafted to the Sydney Swans in the 1992 mid-season draft.
Cresswell played for the Swans for twelve seasons between 1992 and 2003, playing 244 games, the seventh-most games in Sydney and South Melbourne history. He was a member of the Swans' losing 1996 Grand Final team and was named in both the Swans and Tasmanian Teams of the Century. In 1993, in his second season, he won the Swans' most improved award; and, in the following season, he was awarded the Bob Skilton Medal as the Swans best for 1994. In 1997, he dislocated his kneecap while laying a tackle, knocked it back into place immediately, and played again the next week. Other notable moments in Cresswell's career include a number of game-winning goals. Particularly, a kick after the siren from Creswell scored a goal and secured victory for Sydney over North Melbourne in Round 4 of the 2002 season.
Statistics
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|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1992 |style="text-align:center;"| | 28 || 8 || 4 || 14 || 100 || 56 || 156 || 23 || 1 || 0.5 || 1.8 || 12.5 || 7.0 || 19.5 || 2.9 || 0.1 || 0 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 28 || 18 || 29 || 15 || 224 || 83 || 307 || 75 || 18 || 1.6 || 0.8 || 12.4 || 4.6 || 17.1 || 4.2 || 1.0 || 0 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1994 |style="text-align:center;"| | 28 || 21 || 15 || 13 || 275 || 152 || 427 || 84 || 26 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 13.1 || 7.2 || 20.3 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 22 || 17 || 13 || 306 || 201 || 507 || 111 || 24 || 0.8 || 0.6 || 13.9 || 9.1 || 23.0 || 5.0 || 1.1 || 3 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 24 || 11 || 22 || 363 || 161 || 524 || 106 || 56 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 15.1 || 6.7 || 21.8 || 4.4 || 2.3 || 3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1997 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 23 || 16 || 14 || 367 || 244 || 611 || 71 || 32 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 16.0 || 10.6 || 26.6 || 3.1 || 1.4 || 6 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 24 || 21 || 13 || 375 || 264 || 639 || 85 || 15 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 15.6 || 11.0 || 26.6 || 3.5 || 0.6 || 13 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 23 || 18 || 11 || 352 || 284 || 636 || 98 || 26 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 15.3 || 12.3 || 27.7 || 4.3 || 1.1 || 7 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 22 || 23 || 11 || 364 || 202 || 566 || 108 || 31 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 16.5 || 9.2 || 25.7 || 4.9 || 1.4 || 11 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 18 || 16 || 12 || 237 || 115 || 352 || 77 || 31 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 13.2 || 6.4 || 19.6 || 4.3 || 1.7 || 8 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2002 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 22 || 17 || 15 || 277 || 223 || 500 || 81 || 48 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 12.6 || 10.1 || 22.7 || 3.7 || 2.2 || 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 |style="text-align:center;"| | 8 || 19 || 21 || 6 || 217 || 159 || 376 || 91 || 31 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 11.4 || 8.4 || 19.8 || 4.8 || 1.6 || 5 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 244 ! 208 ! 159 ! 3457 ! 2144 ! 5601 ! 1010 ! 339 ! 0.9 ! 0.7 ! 14.2 ! 8.8 ! 23.0 ! 4.1 ! 1.4 ! 61 |}