Dan Butler

Daniel Butler (born 3 June 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 45 matches over a five-year tenure at , after being drafted by the club in the fourth round of the 2014 AFL national draft. He made his debut in round 1 of the 2017 season and became an AFL premiership player that same year. In 2019 he won a VFL premiership while playing for Richmond's reserves side. At the end of the 2019 season he was traded to in exchange for a late third-round draft selection. In his first year at St Kilda, he led the club's goalkicking tally, placed second in the best and fairest and was nominated to the extended All-Australian squad. Early life and junior football Butler spent his formative years playing football for Lake Wendouree Football Club, a suburb of the Victorian country town of Ballarat. He also played for his school St Patrick’s College in the BAS schools competition. In 2014 he played TAC Cup football with the North Ballarat Rebels, kicking nine goals in 13 matches while playing predominately as an outside midfielder. In one match he recorded 17 tackles against Oakleigh. He also played one senior match with the North Ballarat Roosters in the VFL and represented Victoria's country team at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships. He attended secondary school at St Patrick's College in Ballarat. While at the school he featured in three state championship victories from 2012 to 2014 and was the team's vice-captain in the 2014 season.