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{{Short description|American Australian rules football player}}
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| debutdate = Round 1, 2020
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| debutteam = {{AFLW WB}}
| debutteam = {{AFLW|WB}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW StK}}
| debutopponent = {{AFLW|StK}}
| debutstadium = [[Moorabbin Oval|RSEA Park]]
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| years1 = 2020–2021
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| games_goals1 = 11 (3)
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| years2 = S7 (2022)–2023
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| games_goals2 = 9 (1)
| games_goals2 = 12 (1)
| games_goalstotal = 20 (4)
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| statsend = the 2021 season
| statsend = the 2023 season
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'''Danielle Marshall''' (born 15 August 1991) is a former American [[Australian rules football]] player for the [[Essendon Bombers#AFL Women's team|Essendon Bombers]] in the [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW) League. Marshall is the first American and first [[United States women's national Australian rules football team|USA Freedom]] representative to play in the AFLW league, and the first player recruited to play professionally at AFL level from a club outside Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Phoenix, Arizona: Meet the most unlikely member of the first kick, first goal club|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/aflw-2020-danielle-marshall-from-phoenix-arizona-joins-first-kick-first-goal-club-in-western-bulldogs-win-over-st-kilda/news-story/057c02951964f432dce8b162b357d45c|work=Fox Sports|access-date=16 June 2021|last1=Hope|first1=Shayne|date=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="podcast">[https://podtail.com/podcast/the-greatest-season-that-was-93-podcast/dani-marshall-the-first/ Dani Marshall: The First] 11 June 2020</ref>
'''Danielle Marshall''' (born 15 August 1991)<ref name="Western Bulldogs - 26 - Danielle Marshall">{{cite web |title=26 - Danielle Marshall |url=https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/players/2086/danielle-marshall |website=[[Western Bulldogs]] |accessdate=10 February 2020}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[Australian rules football]] player for the [[Essendon Bombers#AFL Women's team|Essendon Bombers]] in the [[AFL Women's]] (AFLW) League.

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Danielle is the first American and first [[USA Freedom]] representative to play in the [[AFL Women's]] league.<ref>{{cite web|title=From Phoenix, Arizona: Meet the most unlikely member of the first kick, first goal club|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/aflw-2020-danielle-marshall-from-phoenix-arizona-joins-first-kick-first-goal-club-in-western-bulldogs-win-over-st-kilda/news-story/057c02951964f432dce8b162b357d45c|work=Fox Sports|access-date=16 June 2021|last1=Hope|first1=Shayne|date=10 February 2020}}</ref>

She is the first player recruited to play professionally at AFL level from a club outside of Australia.<ref name="podcast">[https://podtail.com/podcast/the-greatest-season-that-was-93-podcast/dani-marshall-the-first/ Dani Marshall: The First] 11 June 2020</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Marshall was born in [[Colorado]] and raised in [[Mesa, Colorado|Mesa]].<ref name="Mesa">[https://www.abc15.com/sports/mesa-resident-becomes-1st-american-woman-to-sign-pro-contract-with-australian-football-league Mesa resident becomes 1st American woman to sign pro contract with Australian Football League] from ABC15 Arizona 11 July 2019</ref> At high school she was a talented athlete, participating in many sports as a child including [[soccer]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], [[rugby union]], [[ultimate frisbee]] and [[cross country running]].<ref name="American Dream">[https://www.minuteswithmoose.com/post/danielle-marshall-the-american-dream Danielle Marshall - The American Dream] by Jayden J Bartlett. 18 March, 2020</ref> She aspired to play [[American Football]] as a [[free safety]] or [[punter (football)|punter]] however her mother discouraged her from playing a contact sport, so she chose soccer but due to the high costs of club soccer, her father organised for her to try out for college soccer.<ref name="podcast" />
Marshall was born on 15 August 1991 in [[California]] and raised in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].<ref name="Western Bulldogs - 26 - Danielle Marshall">{{cite web |title=26 - Danielle Marshall |url=https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/players/2086/danielle-marshall |website=[[Western Bulldogs]] |accessdate=10 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="Colorado Springs">[https://www.abc15.com/sports/mesa-resident-becomes-1st-american-woman-to-sign-pro-contract-with-australian-football-league Mesa resident becomes 1st American woman to sign pro contract with Australian Football League] from ABC15 Arizona 11 July 2019</ref> She participated in many sports throughout her childhood, including [[soccer]], [[basketball]], [[volleyball]], [[rugby union]], [[ultimate frisbee]] and [[cross country running]].<ref name="American Dream">[https://www.minuteswithmoose.com/post/danielle-marshall-the-american-dream Danielle Marshall - The American Dream] by Jayden J Bartlett. 18 March, 2020</ref> She had aspired to play [[American football]] as a [[Safety (gridiron football position)|free safety]] or [[punter (football)|punter]], however her mother discouraged her from playing a contact sport, so she chose soccer. After a successful club and high school career, Marshall was recruited by the [[Colorado School of Mines]] on a soccer scholarship.<ref name="podcast" /> She played [[NCAA Division II]] tournament soccer for three years between 2009 and 2012.<ref name="American Dream" /><ref name="Makes History">[https://usafl.com/news/20190710/marshall-makes-history-signs-with-aflw-bulldogs Marshall Makes History, Signs with AFLW Bulldogs] by Brian Barrish for USAFL 10 July 2019</ref> Marshall turned down an offer by the [[Colorado Rapids Women]] to continue her studies.<ref name="podcast" /> During college she was an avid watcher of [[Australian Football League]] on [[ESPN]], until the channel stopped broadcasting the sport in 2011.<ref name="podcast" /><ref name="American Dream" />


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In 2015, Marshall moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with her husband.<ref name="Colorado Springs" /> There she began to focus on [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate (frisbee)]] and was voted as her team’s Most Valuable Player in 2017. Marshall attributes her ability in finding space, making leads, and marking to the sport.<ref name="podcast" />
Marshall received a soccer scholarship at the [[Colorado School of Mines]] playing NCAA D2 tournament soccer and participating in conference championships during three of her four years in college soccer between 2009 and 2012.<ref name="American Dream" /><ref name="Makes History">[https://usafl.com/news/20190710/marshall-makes-history-signs-with-aflw-bulldogs Marshall Makes History, Signs with AFLW Bulldogs] by Brian Barrish for USAFL 10 July 2019</ref> She turned down an offer by the [[Colorado Rapids Women]] to continue her studies.<ref name="podcast" />


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In 2017, she joined the USAFL club Arizona Hawks along with her husband Ryan after being told about the club by her friend.<ref name="podcast" /><ref name="Makes History" /><ref name="The Age - 10 February 2020 - 'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground">{{cite news |title='Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground |accessdate=10 February 2020 |work=[[The Age]]|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/indescribable-american-dani-marshall-breaks-aflw-ground-20200210-p53zak.html |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment Co.]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref> She missed selection with the USA Freedom for the [[2017 Australian Football International Cup]] after beginning to play the sport.
At the age of 18, she was an avid watcher [[Australian Football League]] on [[ESPN]] with her roommate Aubrey Bagley until broadcasts ceased in 2011 and developed a passion for the sport.<ref name="American Dream" /> During her studies, one of her fellow Australian students who was passionate about the game would ocassionally kick a footy with her.<ref name="podcast" />


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During the USAFL offseason in May 2018, she played rugby union with the Tempe Ninjas Women's Rugby Club in the [[Southern California Rugby Football Union]] on the [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]] where she was named Rookie of the Year.<ref name="American Dream" /><ref name="podcast" />
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In 2015, Marshall moved to [[Phoenix, Arizona]] with her husband.<ref name="Mesa" /> There she began to focus on ultimate (frisbee) and was voted as her team’s Most Valuable Player in 2017. Marshall attributes her ability in finding space, making leads and marking to the sport.<ref name="podcast" />


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Three weeks later after a match between Denver and Arizona in Los Angeles, one of the Lady Bulldogs playing in a combined team, Sara Edwards Rohner, texted her asking if she wanted to play the game in Australia. American Australian [[Denver Bulldogs]] director of coaching James Waddell, and his visiting friend Australian cricket player manager Cam Richardson, who had shown an interest in recruiting the best female players for the Western Bulldog's women's team, offered to host the two in Melbourne for a professional tryout.<ref name="podcast" /><ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-06/american-aflw-hopeful-sara-edwards-rohner-denver-bulldogs/11081432 American AFLW hopeful Sara Edwards Rohner hopes to realise her Aussie rules dream] By James Bennett in Denver for ABC News 6 May 2019</ref>
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In 2017 she joined the USAFL club Arizona Hawks along with her husband Ryan after being told about the club by her friend Aubrey Bagley (who had begun playing with USAFL club [[Houston Lonestars|Texas Heat]] a couple of months earlier and was representing Houston at the USAFL National Championships)<ref name="podcast" /><ref name="Makes History" /><ref name="The Age - 10 February 2020 - 'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground">{{cite news |title='Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground |accessdate=10 February 2020 |work=[[The Age]]|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/indescribable-american-dani-marshall-breaks-aflw-ground-20200210-p53zak.html |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment Co.]] |date=10 February 2020}}</ref> She missed selection with the USA Freedom for the [[2017 Australian Football International Cup]] having begun playing the sport.


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At the 2018 [[USAFL National Championships]], Marshall became the first first-year rookie to win the Paul Roos Medal for Best and Fairest in Division 2.<ref name="podcast" /><ref name="Makes History" /> She was named in the Freedom's [[2020 Australian Football International Cup]] squad (the tournament was later cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]) and also for the 2021 postponed tournament that was later cancelled.<ref name="Makes History" /><ref>[https://www.usaflfreedom.com/players 2021 International Cup Selection Squad] from USAFLW</ref>
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During the USAFL offseason in May 2018 she played rugby union with the Tempe Ninjas Women's Rugby Club in the [[Southern California Rugby Football Union]] on the [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]] where she was named Rookie of the Year.<ref name="American Dream" /><ref name="podcast" />


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In early May 2018, she arrived in [[Melbourne]] in [[Australia]] to attempt a professional career. She trained with the Western Bulldogs but played suburban football at the [[Aberfeldie Football Club]] in the [[Essendon District Football League|Essendon District Football League Women's]] competition.<ref name="Makes History" /> Former AFL player [[Shaun Smith (Australian footballer)|Shaun Smith]] recommended her to [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda FC]] and she was invited to the club. Other clubs to express interest included Carlton and Collingwood, however they did not offer her a contract. She did not want to wait for the AFLW Draft to make a commitment to move to Melbourne permanently.<ref name="podcast" /> The Western Bulldogs offered her a contract and she began playing in the Western Bulldogs VFLW team.<ref name="Makes History" /> Marshall played 10 games for the [[Western Bulldogs]] [[VFL Women's|VFLW]] team in 2019.<ref name="Western Bulldogs - 26 - Danielle Marshall"/>
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Three weeks later a match between Denver and Arizona in Los Angeles, one of the Lady Bulldogs playing in a combined team, Sara Edwards Rohner, texted her asking if she wanted to play the game in Australia. American Australian Denver Bulldogs director of coaching James Waddell and his friend visiting Australian cricket player manager Cam Richardson who had shown an interest in recruiting the best female players for the Western Bulldog's women's team offered to host the two in Melbourne for a professional tryout.<ref name="podcast" /><ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-06/american-aflw-hopeful-sara-edwards-rohner-denver-bulldogs/11081432 American AFLW hopeful Sara Edwards Rohner hopes to realise her Aussie rules dream] By James Bennett in Denver for ABC News 6 May 2019</ref>


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==AFLW career==
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At the 2018 [[USAFL National Championships]] Marshall became the first first year rookie to win the Paul Roos Medal for Best and Fairest in Division 2.<ref name="podcast" /><ref name="Makes History" /> She was named in the Freedom's [[2020 Australian Football International Cup]] squad (the tournament was later cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]) and also for the 2021 postponed tournament that was later cancelled.<ref name="Makes History" /><ref>[https://www.usaflfreedom.com/players 2021 International Cup Selection Squad] from USAFLW</ref>
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Marshall was signed as a rookie by the Western Bulldogs in the [[2019 AFL Women's draft#Rookie signings|2019 AFLW draft]] at the mature age of 28. She played her first AFLW game on 9 February 2020 in a match against the [[St Kilda Football Club#Women's teams|St Kilda]] AFLW team.<ref name="The Age - 10 February 2020 - 'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground" /> She joined the prestigious club when she [[List of VFL/AFL players to have scored a goal with their first kick|scored a goal with her first kick]].


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Marshall was delisted by the Bulldogs on 16 June 2021 after playing just 5 games for the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulldogs AFLW delist Marshall, lose Spark|url=https://worldfootynews.com/article.php/20210616111039689|date=16 June 2021|last1=Thompson|first1=Troy|access-date=16 June 2021|work=worldfootynews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=25 Bulldogs locked in for AFLW 6.0|url=https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/959491/25-bulldogs-locked-in-for-aflw-6-0|date=16 June 2021|access-date=16 June 2021|work=Western Bulldogs Media}}</ref>
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In early May 2018 she arrived in [[Melbourne]] in [[Australia]] to attempt a professional career. She trained with the Western Bulldogs but played suburban football at the [[Aberfeldie Football Club]] in the [[Essendon District Football League|Essendon District Football League Women's]] competition.<ref name="Makes History" /> Former AFL player [[Shaun Smith (Australian footballer)|Shaun Smith]] recommended her to St Kilda FC and she was invited to the club. Other clubs to express interest included Carlton and Collingwood however did not offer her a contract. However she did not want to wait for the AFLW Draft to make a commitment to move to Melbourne permanently.<ref name="podcast" /> The Western Bulldogs offered her a contract and she began playing in the Western Bulldogs VFLW team.<ref name="Makes History" /> Marshall played 10 games for the [[Western Bulldogs]] [[VFL Women's|VFLW]] team in 2019.<ref name="Western Bulldogs - 26 - Danielle Marshall"/>


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She was relisted by AFLW expansion club [[Essendon Football Club]] through the [[2022 AFL Women's draft]]. In her first game for her new club in AFLW Season 7, she kicked a long range 45 metre goal and was named among the team's best.<ref>[https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/4652/ess-v-haw Bombers turn it on late to sink Hawks in battle of expansion teams] from AFL Women's. 27 August 2022</ref>
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==AFLW Career==
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Marshall was signed as a rookie by the Western Bulldogs in the [[2019 AFL Women's draft#Rookie signings|2019 AFLW draft]] at the mature age of 28. She played her first AFLW game on 9 February 2020 in a match against the [[St Kilda Football Club#Women's teams|St Kilda]] AFLW team.<ref name="The Age - 10 February 2020 - 'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground" /> She joined a very prestigious club when whe [[List of VFL/AFL players to have scored a goal with their first kick|scored a goal with her first kick]].


Marshall retired from the AFLW at the end of 2023.<ref>[https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/1478033/marshall-to-hang-up-the-boots arshall to hang up the boots Danielle Marshall has called time on her career after two seasons at the Bombers] By essendonfc.com.au 15 December 2023</ref>
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Marshall was delisted by the Bulldogs on 16 June 2021 after playing just 5 games for the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulldogs AFLW delist Marshall, lose Spark|url=https://worldfootynews.com/article.php/20210616111039689|date=16 June 2021|last1=Thompson|first1=Troy|access-date=16 June 2021|work=worldfootynews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=25 Bulldogs locked in for AFLW 6.0|url=https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/959491/25-bulldogs-locked-in-for-aflw-6-0|date=16 June 2021|access-date=16 June 2021|work=Western Bulldogs Media}}</ref>


==Post-AFL==
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She was relisted by AFLW expansion club [[Essendon Football Club]] through the [[2022 AFL Women's draft]]. In her first game for her new club in AFLW Season 7 she kicked a long range 45 metre goal and was named among the team's best.<ref>[https://www.womens.afl/match-centre/2022/4652/ess-v-haw Bombers turn it on late to sink Hawks in battle of expansion teams] from AFL Women's. 27 August 2022</ref>
Marshall was selected by the USAFL to represent the United States at the 2024 Trans-Atlantic Cup tournament, and the only AFLW player to participate.<ref>[https://central.rookieme.com/afl/2024/08/02/preview-afl-transatlantic-cup-2024/ PREVIEW | AFL Transatlantic Cup 2024] by
Alyce Collett 2 August 2024</ref>


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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Danielle Marshall
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 (age 33)
Original team(s) Arizona Hawks (USAFL)/Essendon VFLW/Aberfeldie FC
Draft 2019 rookie signing
Debut Round 1, 2020, Western Bulldogs vs. St Kilda, at RSEA Park
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2020–2021 Western Bulldogs 11 (3)
S7 (2022)–2023 Essendon 12 (1)
Total 23 (4)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2020- United States
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Danielle Marshall (born 15 August 1991) is a former American Australian rules football player for the Essendon Bombers in the AFL Women's (AFLW) League. Marshall is the first American and first USA Freedom representative to play in the AFLW league, and the first player recruited to play professionally at AFL level from a club outside Australia.[1][2]

Early life

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Marshall was born on 15 August 1991 in California and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[3][4] She participated in many sports throughout her childhood, including soccer, basketball, volleyball, rugby union, ultimate frisbee and cross country running.[5] She had aspired to play American football as a free safety or punter, however her mother discouraged her from playing a contact sport, so she chose soccer. After a successful club and high school career, Marshall was recruited by the Colorado School of Mines on a soccer scholarship.[2] She played NCAA Division II tournament soccer for three years between 2009 and 2012.[5][6] Marshall turned down an offer by the Colorado Rapids Women to continue her studies.[2] During college she was an avid watcher of Australian Football League on ESPN, until the channel stopped broadcasting the sport in 2011.[2][5]

In 2015, Marshall moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her husband.[4] There she began to focus on ultimate (frisbee) and was voted as her team’s Most Valuable Player in 2017. Marshall attributes her ability in finding space, making leads, and marking to the sport.[2]

In 2017, she joined the USAFL club Arizona Hawks along with her husband Ryan after being told about the club by her friend.[2][6][7] She missed selection with the USA Freedom for the 2017 Australian Football International Cup after beginning to play the sport.

During the USAFL offseason in May 2018, she played rugby union with the Tempe Ninjas Women's Rugby Club in the Southern California Rugby Football Union on the wing where she was named Rookie of the Year.[5][2]

Three weeks later after a match between Denver and Arizona in Los Angeles, one of the Lady Bulldogs playing in a combined team, Sara Edwards Rohner, texted her asking if she wanted to play the game in Australia. American Australian Denver Bulldogs director of coaching James Waddell, and his visiting friend Australian cricket player manager Cam Richardson, who had shown an interest in recruiting the best female players for the Western Bulldog's women's team, offered to host the two in Melbourne for a professional tryout.[2][8]

At the 2018 USAFL National Championships, Marshall became the first first-year rookie to win the Paul Roos Medal for Best and Fairest in Division 2.[2][6] She was named in the Freedom's 2020 Australian Football International Cup squad (the tournament was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and also for the 2021 postponed tournament that was later cancelled.[6][9]

In early May 2018, she arrived in Melbourne in Australia to attempt a professional career. She trained with the Western Bulldogs but played suburban football at the Aberfeldie Football Club in the Essendon District Football League Women's competition.[6] Former AFL player Shaun Smith recommended her to St Kilda FC and she was invited to the club. Other clubs to express interest included Carlton and Collingwood, however they did not offer her a contract. She did not want to wait for the AFLW Draft to make a commitment to move to Melbourne permanently.[2] The Western Bulldogs offered her a contract and she began playing in the Western Bulldogs VFLW team.[6] Marshall played 10 games for the Western Bulldogs VFLW team in 2019.[3]

AFLW career

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Marshall was signed as a rookie by the Western Bulldogs in the 2019 AFLW draft at the mature age of 28. She played her first AFLW game on 9 February 2020 in a match against the St Kilda AFLW team.[7] She joined the prestigious club when she scored a goal with her first kick.

Marshall was delisted by the Bulldogs on 16 June 2021 after playing just 5 games for the season.[10][11]

She was relisted by AFLW expansion club Essendon Football Club through the 2022 AFL Women's draft. In her first game for her new club in AFLW Season 7, she kicked a long range 45 metre goal and was named among the team's best.[12]

Marshall retired from the AFLW at the end of 2023.[13]

Post-AFL

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Marshall was selected by the USAFL to represent the United States at the 2024 Trans-Atlantic Cup tournament, and the only AFLW player to participate.[14]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season.[15]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2020 Western Bulldogs 26 6 3 1 24 8 32 5 13 0.5 0.2 4.0 1.3 5.3 0.8 2.2 0
2021 Western Bulldogs 26 5 0 2 13 9 22 5 14 0.0 0.4 2.6 1.8 4.4 1.0 2.8 0
Career 11 3 3 37 17 54 10 27 0.3 0.3 3.4 1.5 4.9 0.9 2.5 0

References

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  1. ^ Hope, Shayne (10 February 2020). "From Phoenix, Arizona: Meet the most unlikely member of the first kick, first goal club". Fox Sports. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dani Marshall: The First 11 June 2020
  3. ^ a b "26 - Danielle Marshall". Western Bulldogs. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Mesa resident becomes 1st American woman to sign pro contract with Australian Football League from ABC15 Arizona 11 July 2019
  5. ^ a b c d Danielle Marshall - The American Dream by Jayden J Bartlett. 18 March, 2020
  6. ^ a b c d e f Marshall Makes History, Signs with AFLW Bulldogs by Brian Barrish for USAFL 10 July 2019
  7. ^ a b "'Indescribable': American Dani Marshall breaks AFLW ground". The Age. Nine Entertainment Co. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ American AFLW hopeful Sara Edwards Rohner hopes to realise her Aussie rules dream By James Bennett in Denver for ABC News 6 May 2019
  9. ^ 2021 International Cup Selection Squad from USAFLW
  10. ^ Thompson, Troy (16 June 2021). "Bulldogs AFLW delist Marshall, lose Spark". worldfootynews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  11. ^ "25 Bulldogs locked in for AFLW 6.0". Western Bulldogs Media. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  12. ^ Bombers turn it on late to sink Hawks in battle of expansion teams from AFL Women's. 27 August 2022
  13. ^ arshall to hang up the boots Danielle Marshall has called time on her career after two seasons at the Bombers By essendonfc.com.au 15 December 2023
  14. ^ PREVIEW | AFL Transatlantic Cup 2024 by Alyce Collett 2 August 2024
  15. ^ "Danielle Marshall". Australian Football. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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