Daniel "Danny" Jacobs (born June 25, 1980) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played for the Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 and Hawthorn Football Club

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

s in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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.

Essendon career

Jacobs played for from 1999 to 2003, including the 2001 AFL Grand Final

2001 AFL Grand Final

The 2001 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and the Brisbane Lions, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 2001. It was the 105th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...

 loss to Brisbane

Brisbane Lions

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. After playing 81 games for Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

, he was traded to Hawthorn

2003 AFL Draft

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 at the end of the 2003 season as part of the Veale Deal that resulted in Jade Rawlings

Jade Rawlings

Jade Rawlings was the caretaker coach of the Richmond Tigers Football Club, and is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the AFL with the Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and the North Melbourne Football Clubs....

 being traded to the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

.

Hawthorn career

After missing only 2 matches in his last 3 seasons at Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

, Jacobs' time at was plagued by injuries to his leg, hand, back, jaw and hip. In March 2008, after playing only 45 games over 4 years, Jacobs announced his retirement from AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

football because of a degenerative hip problem.

In 2010, Jacobs has joined the St. Kilda City Football Club (Southern Football League), having crossed over from Port Colts (WRFL).

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