Nick Daffy

Nick Daffy is a former Australian rules football player who played in the AFL between 1992 and 2001 for the Richmond Football Club and then played one game in 2002 for the Sydney Swans Football Club.

Daffy grew up in Mt Gambier and started playing football for North Gambier Football Club in the under 10s. He showed talent from an early age and represented South Australia in the Under/13 Schoolboys football side, plus won the North Gambier Best & Fairest in U/14 and U/16. He would debut for the North Gambier senior team in 1990 as a 16 year old, and would win the Western Border Football League Rookie of The Year Award. In 1990 he also played 9 games for Glenelg thirds and represented South Australia in the Teal Cup. He would also go back to North Gambier and was a part of the 1990 U/18 premiership.

Daffy was selected at pick 49 in the 1990 AFL draft by Richmond and would join fellow Mt Gambier local Matthew Clarke who was selected with Richmond's next pick, 56. Daffy and Clarke were the only South Australians selected in the draft due to Adelaide Crows joining the AFL and having exclusivity to South Australians. Richmond skirted this rule as these two played in the Western Border Football League which was affiliated with the VCFL due to the Victorian teams in the league.

In 1991 Daffy as a 17 year old played 6 games and kicked 3 goals for Richmond’s under 19s, during the final season of that competition. He wore number 6 as Richmond finished 6th and lost in the Semi Final to Collingwood. He also played some games for North Gambier during the season.

Daffy made his AFL debut in round 2 vs North Melbourne as an 18 year old in number 44. He would get 10 disposals in a loss and would play the next 3 games before being dropped to Richmond's reserves. He played the remainder of the season in the reserves and kicked 13 goals in a lowly Richmond side.