1996 (Brisbane Bears)

1997-2009 (Brisbane Lions)

 

222

 

496

 

Lions Premiership Player - 2001, 2003

Lions Leading Goal-kicker - 2005-06, 2008

 

Daniel Bradshaw was perhaps the most under-rated and under-stated star in the AFL for a decade. Quiet, private and media-shy, he happily lived in the shadow of Alastair Lynch and Jonathan Brown during the golden era of the Brisbane Lions, content just to go about his business… kicking goals.

 

In the combined Brisbane/Fitzroy history of nearly 1500 players he ranks fifth all-time in goals with 496, behind only Lynch  Jack Moriarty  Brown  and Bernie Quinlan

 

And which of this superstar quintet had most top three finishes in club goal-kicking year-by-year? None other than the Wodonga powerhouse who was drafted at #56, debuted at 17 and wore #36 with pride. Eleven times he finished on the dais. And he missed two entire seasons through injury.

 

Quick on the lead, with a mighty leap, a vice-like pair of hands, a reliable kick from all ranges and the best conversion rate of the group on record, he was a wonderfully consistent player in arguably the best team of all-time.

 

A premiership player in 2001 and 2003,  he had a personal best haul of nine goals in a game and 75 goals in a season in 2009. So highly was he regarded he played for Victoria in the 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match.