Darren Jolly
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| Full name | Darren Jolly | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1981 | ||
| Original team(s) | North Ballarat (VFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 31, 2001 Rookie Draft | ||
| Height / weight | 200 cm / 108 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2001–2004 | Melbourne | 48 (11) | |
| 2005–2009 | Sydney | 118 (59) | |
| 2010–2013 | Collingwood | 71 (52) | |
| Total | 237 (122) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Darren Jolly (born 6 November 1981) is a former Australian rules football player. Jolly played for the Melbourne Football Club, the Sydney Swans and the Collingwood Football Club. He is best known as being the ruckman in Sydney's 2005 premiership and Collingwood's 2010 premiership.
After completing his schooling at Damascus College Ballarat in 1996, and playing for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup, Jolly spent a year playing for the North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before being drafted by the Melbourne Football Club in the 2001 Rookie Draft.
He played 48 games over four seasons for Melbourne, mainly as an understudy to Jeff White.
The Demons traded Jolly to Sydney in 2004 for pick 15 in that year's national draft. Along with Jason Ball, in 2005 he was an integral part of Sydney's ruck division and after the retirement of Ball, assumed the number one ruck role at Sydney.
During his time at the Swans Jolly only missed two games, stemming from a suspension following an incident against his old club Melbourne. This run was cut in early 2011 due to an injury suffered in 2011 playing for Collingwood.
In the early hours of 29 September – one day before the Swans played in the 2006 AFL Grand Final – Jolly's wife Deanne gave birth to the couple's first child, Scarlett, which brought relief to coach Paul Roos, as Jolly had said he would not play in the Grand Final if his wife was to give birth on the day of the game.
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