{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Darren Handley | image = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Darren James Handley | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|12|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Mount Beauty | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Myrtleford | height = 177 cm | weight = 76 kg | position = | statsend = 1988 | years1 = 1986 | club1 = Collingwood | games_goals1 = 12 (10) | years2 = 1987–1988 | club2 = Fitzroy | games_goals2 = 10 (7) | games_goalstotal = 22 (17) | careerhighlights = }} '''Darren Handley''' (born 18 December 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Originally playing for Dederang-Mt Beauty Football Club then moved onto Myrtleford, Handley played one season at Collingwood, in 1986.<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><ref name=AFLTables>[http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Darren_Handley.html AFL Tables: Darren Handley]</ref> He debuted in round 10 and missed only one game for the rest of the year.<ref name=AFLTables/> His best performance came in Collingwood's win over Fitzroy at Waverley Park, earning three Brownlow Medal votes for 28 disposals and four goals.<ref name=AFLTables/><ref>''The Canberra Times'', [http://www.trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/118132737 "Lethal switch mauls Lions at VFL Park"], 20 July 1986, p. 6S</ref>
Handley played 10 games for Fitzroy, two in 1987 and eight in 1988.<ref name=AFLTables/> He announced in 1989 that he was taking a break from football in order to recover from a chronic groin injury.<ref>''The Age'', [http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?id=xJVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CZcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1752,6236234 "Bairstow - relief for Cats"], 18 May 1989, p. 30</ref>
He coached Victorian Amateur Football Association club Old Essendon Grammarians in 2006 and 2007.<ref>''The Age'', [http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/kempton-takes-award-honouring-hero-solicitor/2007/09/30/1191090948288.html "Kempton takes award honouring hero solicitor"], 1 October 2007, Paul Daffey</ref>
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