At club level he played with Army Metro, while he was also a member of the Dublin senior hurling team.
[2] Daniels first played at inter-county level with Dublin senior hurling team when he was listed amongst the substitutes for the 1930 All-Ireland final against Tipperary.
[3] Daniels late spent one year playing with the Tipperary senior hurling team before returning to Dublin.
Daniels was later appointed team captain and won his third Leinster SHC medal in that role in 1938.
He subsequently guided the team to the All-Ireland SHC title after a 2-05 to 1-06 defeat of Waterford in the final.