Originally from the Ballarat region, Daniel played in the Victorian Football Association at Port Melbourne[1] before joining Carlton for the 1901 VFL season.
He put together 11 games in the first 12 rounds, as a defender, before returning to Port Melbourne.
He was awarded a Military Medal in 1917 for bravery during an offensive against the German lines at Ypres.
A month later, he was seriously injured after taking fire from a machine-gun and was evacuated to England for treatment.
He returned to the front in March 1918 but was killed in action by shellfire three months later in the Battle of Amiens.