Darren Glass

Darren Glass
Personal information
Full name	Darren Glass
Date of birth	(1981-05-14) 14 May 1981
Place of birth	Northam, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Railways (Northam)
Draft	11th overall, 1999 National Draft (West Coast)
Height/Weight	192 cm / 94 kg
Position(s)	Full-back
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000–2014	West Coast	270 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014 season.
Career highlights
West Coast premiership side 2006 West Coast best and fairest 2007, 2009, 2011 All-Australian team 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012(Captain) West Coast captain 2008–2014

Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Northam, Western Australia, he began his career with Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), before being recruited by West Coast with the 11th pick in the 1999 National Draft, making his debut for the club the following season. Playing mainly as a full-back, Glass was named in the All-Australian team on four occasions, including as captain of the 2012 team. He was named captain of West Coast in 2008, after Chris Judd was traded to Carlton, and won club best and fairest awards in 2007, 2009, and 2011. Glass retired from football midway through the 2014 season, having played 270 games for West Coast.

Career

He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth and made his debut for the Eagles in Round 4, 2000 against Adelaide.

Glass, who had a relatively low profile in a team of well known stars such as Ben Cousins, Chris Judd, and Daniel Kerr, was named as the official All-Australian full-back in 2006 AFL.

He had another excellent 2007 season where he won West Coast's Club Champion Award and his second All-Australian selection.

On 9 November 2007, Glass was announced as the new captain of West Coast with the departure of Chris Judd to Victoria. Glass was appointed to lead the recovery of the club after a series of off-field scandals. West Coast had a poor year in his first year of captaincy, suffering from the loss of Judd and Cousins as well as from injuries to key players, including Glass himself.

After a successful season playing all 22 matches in 2009, Glass won his second Club Champion award ahead of fellow defender Shannon Hurn. He followed this up two years later in 2011 where he won his third Club Champion award and third All-Australian selection. In 2012, Glass was given his fourth All-Australian selection and named as the captain of the All-Australian team.

On 12 June 2014, Glass announced his retirement due to injury, effective immediately.

Personal

Glass married Alicia Severin in December 2007. They have two daughters and one son. Glass has a commerce degree in finance and marketing from Curtin University. He is also undertaking a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Western Australia.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2000	West Coast	23	14	1	1	38	50	88	25	13	0.1	0.1	2.7	3.6	6.3	1.8	0.9
2001	West Coast	23	12	0	0	42	61	103	31	23	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.1	8.6	2.6	1.9
2002	West Coast	23	12	0	0	35	55	90	24	17	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.0	1.4
2003	West Coast	23	15	1	0	51	91	142	38	24	0.1	0.0	3.4	6.1	9.5	2.5	1.6
2004	West Coast	23	18	2	0	62	95	157	56	32	0.1	0.0	3.4	5.3	8.7	3.1	1.8
2005	West Coast	23	25	2	0	135	124	259	90	42	0.1	0.0	5.4	5.0	10.4	3.6	1.7
2006	West Coast	23	25	1	0	102	171	273	98	44	0.0	0.0	4.1	6.8	10.9	3.9	1.7
2007	West Coast	23	24	1	2	96	178	274	82	32	0.0	0.1	4.0	7.4	11.4	3.4	1.3
2008	West Coast	23	21	0	0	74	174	248	67	28	0.0	0.0	3.5	8.3	11.8	3.2	1.3
2009	West Coast	23	22	0	0	61	206	267	78	38	0.0	0.0	2.8	9.4	12.1	3.5	1.7
2010	West Coast	23	8	0	0	35	47	82	27	12	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.9	10.2	3.4	1.5
2011	West Coast	23	24	0	0	122	144	266	97	48	0.0	0.0	5.1	6.0	11.1	4.0	2.0
2012	West Coast	23	22	0	0	118	163	281	114	52	0.0	0.0	5.4	7.4	12.8	5.2	2.4
2013	West Coast	23	20	0	0	142	116	258	97	47	0.0	0.0	7.1	5.8	12.9	4.8	2.3
2014	West Coast	23	8	0	0	48	59	107	37	19	0.0	0.0	6.0	7.4	13.4	4.6	2.4
Career			270	8	3	1161	1734	2895	961	471	0.0	0.0	4.3	6.4	10.7	3.6	1.7

Honours and Achievements

Brownlow Medal votes
Season	Votes
2000	—
2001	—
2002	—
2003	—
2004	—
2005	—
2006	—
2007	2
2008	2
2009	3
2010	—
2011	—
2012	—
2013	4
Total	11
Key:
Green / Bold = Won

• Team
  • AFL Premiership (West Coast): 2006
  • McClelland Trophy (West Coast): 2006
• Individual
  • West Coast Club Champion Award (later named the John Worsfold Medal): 2007, 2009, 2011
  • All-Australian: 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012 (C)
  • West Coast Eagles Captain: 2008-2014

External links

• Darren Glass's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
• Darren Glass's statistics from AFL Tables

Sporting positions
Preceded by Chris Judd	Captain of West Coast Eagles 2008–14	Succeeded by Shannon Hurn
Awards
Preceded by Chris Judd Dean Cox Mark LeCras	Club Champion Award 2007 2009 2011	Succeeded by Dean Cox Mark LeCras Scott Selwood