Dani Laidley

Australian rules footballer and coach

Danielle May Laidley (born Dean James Laidley; 27 March 1967) is a former Australian rules football coach and player, who played for the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1987 to 1997, including in North Melbourne's 1996 premiership team, and was coach of North Melbourne from 2003 to 2009. In May 2020, Laidley was outed as transgender after a police officer leaked photographs of her in police custody.