Joe Daniher

Joe Daniher (born 4 March 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Daniher played for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup, he was named All-Australian in the AFL Under 18 Championships playing for Vic Metro and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport's AFL Academy. He is the son of former AFL fullback, Anthony Daniher, who played 115 games for Sydney and 118 games for Essendon.

Daniher was drafted by Essendon under the father-son rule, with the tenth overall selection in the 2012 national draft. He was also eligible to be drafted by Sydney, but chose to join the Bombers, where his brother Darcy Daniher was a team member at the time. He made his debut against Carlton in round 11, 2013. In his second game (round 12 against Gold Coast), he was named among the best players, kicking his first AFL goal and scoring a total of three goals in the match.

He showed positive progression in his second season, leading the club in goal kicking with 28 for the season including 4 goals against North Melbourne in an Elimination Final at the MCG. Despite his skinny frame and inaccurate kicking at goal, he showed immense promise and started to state his claim as one of the best young key forwards in the league.