Darren Glass

Template:Infobox AFL player 2 Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.

He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth. Darren 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 and 2007 by the AFL.The dependable full-back is now recognised as one of the AFL’s elite defenders after another fine season. Has the strength and versatility to play on forwards of any shape or size, and his duels with Sydney’s Barry Hall – there were four in all – will live long in the memory. Second place in the best and fairest was a fair reflection of his efforts.

He had another excellent 2007 season but had a lowlight. with Justin Westhoff claiming his scalps in Port's Rnd 15 trashing of West Coast nevertheless, Glass won West Coast's Club Champion Award being West Coast's best in a season that saw them lose their premiership defence.

On 9 November 2007, Glass was announced the new captain of West Coast with the departure of Chris Judd back to Victoria. Glass has been appointed to lead the recovery of the club after a series of off-field scandals. West Coast have 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.

Darren married Alicia Severin on the 23 December 2007 and have two daughters together; Mila, born on the 23 September 2009, and Zara, born on 23 April 2011.

After another fantastic season, playing all 22 matches for the West Coast Eagles in 2009, Glass won his second Club Champion award ahead of fellow defender Shannon Hurn.

External links

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