Dan Knott (footballer)

Daniel Richard Knott (20 June 1918 – 11 June 2014)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Dan Knott
Knott in 1941
Personal information
Full name Daniel Richard Knott
Date of birth (1918-06-20)20 June 1918
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 11 June 2014(2014-06-11) (aged 95)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1940–1941, 1943 Collingwood 18 (2)
1947 Richmond 04 (0)
Total 22 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

His brothers were also successful sportsmen, Arch also played in the VFL, for Fitzroy and St Kilda and George represented Australia at the 1948 London Olympic Games before becoming Mayor of Collingwood.[3]

Notes
  1. "Dan Knott". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 486. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "Magpies mourn two past players". 18 June 2014.
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