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{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (born 1973)}}
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| name = Danny Morton▼
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
| fullname = Danny Morton▼
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| image name =
▲| name = Danny Morton
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|1|df=y}}▼
| NAME image = Morton, Danny▼
| birth_place = ▼
| caption =
| originalteam = [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]]▼
▲| fullname = Danny Morton =
| draftpick = 70th, [[1992 AFL Draft|1992 National Draft]]▼
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|7|1|df=y}}
| heightweight = 175 cm / 64 kg
▲| birth_place =
| position = Rover▼
| death_date =
| years = 1993–1996 <br /> 1998-2000 <br /> '''Total –'''
| death_place =
| clubs = [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] <br /> [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| originalteam = [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]] ([[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]])
| games(goals) = 30 (17) <br /> 20 (17) <br /> '''50 (34)'''
▲| draftpick = 70th, [[1992 AFL Draft|1992 National Draft]]
| statsend = 2000▼
| height = 175&nbsp;cm
| weight = 64&nbsp;kg
▲| position = Rover
▲| statsend = 2000
| years1 = 1993–1996
| club1 = [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]
| games_goals1 = 30 (17)
| years2 = 1998–2000
▲| originalteamclub2 = [[NorthPort Adelaide Football Club|NorthPort Adelaide]]
| games_goals2 = 20 (17)
| games_goalstotal = 50 (34)
| careerhighlights =
}}
'''Danny Morton''' (born 1 July 1973) is a former [[Australian rules football]]er who played with [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).<ref>[http://australianfootball.com/players/player/danny+morton/13154 Australian Football.com: Danny Morton]</ref>
 
Morton,From aSouth roverAustralia, wasMorton draftedplayed to Fitzroy fromfor [[North Adelaide Football Club|North Adelaide]], in the [[South Australian National Football League]] before being drafted by Fitzroy with the 70th selection of the [[1992 AFL Draft|1992 National Draft]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lovett, Michael|title=AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL| publisher=AFL Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-9580300-5-7}}</ref>
 
HeMorton played just 14 games in his first three seasons at Fitzroy, but put togethermanaged 16 games in [[1996 AFL season|1996]], Fitzroy's last season before its merger with [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane Football Club]].<ref name=AFLTables>[http://stats.rleagueafltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Danny_Morton.html AFL Tables: Danny Morton]</ref>
 
InMorton 1997,returned withto FitzroyNorth havingAdelaide merged withfor the [[Brisbane1997 SANFL Bearsseason]], Mortonplaying returnedwell enough to Northbe drafted by Port Adelaide with pick 41 at the [[1997 AFL Draft|1997 Draft]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Holmesby, |first=Russell & |last2=Main, |first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref> He returned to the AFL via the [[1997 AFL Draft|1997 Draft]], with Port Adelaide securing him with pick 41.
 
WhenMorton made his debut for Port Adelaide in [[1998 AFL season|1998]] and when Port drew with the [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]] at theBrisbane's home ground [[The Gabba|Gabba]] in round 12 of the [[1998 AFL season]], Morton would receivereceived two [[Brownlow Medal]] votes for his efforts, finishing with 27 disposals and four goals.<ref name=AFLTables/> The following round, while playing against the [[Western Bulldogs]], Morton badly injured his neck when he landed on his head after contesting a mark. His injury required surgery, with the C4 and C5 vertebrae from his neck being fused together, using a bone from his hip.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.afana.com/netpaper/jul7-81638.html |title=Afana Footy News 7 July 2001] |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116054304/http://www.afana.com/netpaper/jul7-81638.html |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He didn'tdid not play again for the rest of the season and didn't featureor in the[[1999 Port Adelaide team at all inAFL season|1999]].<ref name=AFLTables/> In 2000 heMorton returned to the sideAFL andin [[2000 AFL season|2000]], appearedappearing in seven of the first 10 rounds, but then lost his place in the team permanently.<ref name=AFLTables/>
 
HeFollowing his delisting by Port Adelaide at the end of 2000, Morton joined SANFL club [[Norwood Football Club|Norwood]] in 2001.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.afana.com/netpaper/apr16-77151.html |title=Afana Footy News 16 April 2001] |access-date=20 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116144332/http://www.afana.com/netpaper/apr16-77151.html |archive-date=16 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
After retiring from football, Morton became a PE teacher at Adelaide's Tyndale Christian School.
 
==References==
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian rules football player
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1 July 1973
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