Daniel Harris Biography

Injury has forced Gold Coast midfielder Daniel Harris to retire from AFL football after 160 matches.

"I'm thankful for my time at the Gold Coast Football Club," Harris said.

"When I first got to the club Bluey (Guy McKenna) said, 'you are a custodian of the football club. You'll wear that jumper and one day you'll hand that jumper on'. I'll never forget that and I'm honoured to have pulled on the jumper, at North Melbourne and the Gold Coast. I can walk away content."

Former North Melbourne midfielder Daniel Harris is certain be thrown a lifeline by Gold Coast in Tuesday's NAB AFL Rookie Draft.

"As part of our philosophy, we're certainly going to bring some AFL experience onto our list with our first five picks in the rookie draft," Gold Coast recruiting manager Scott Clayton said.

"Certainly Daniel Harris fulfils that criteria. We're keen - if he survives the pre-season draft - to get him onto our rookie list as a mature-age rookie."

North Melbourne has delisted Daniel Harris, Sam Power, Matt Riggio and Michael Wundke while Cruize Garlett has been elevated from the rookie list.

"We'd like to sincerely thank each of these individuals for their significant contributions to North Melbourne," chief of football Donald McDonald said.

"I'd particularly like to extend our best wishes to Daniel Harris who played 149 great games for the club and showed true class throughout some difficult times during his career."

North Melbourne is poised to delist Daniel Harris, with the midfielder set to nominate for next month's draft.

"He's got no ill feeling whatsoever," Harris' manager Liam Pickering said.

"He's a fantastic young bloke. He's just thankful for the opportunity North was able to give him for a number of years.

"He would have liked to have kept playing there, but that's just the way it goes."

North Melbourne midfielder Daniel Harris says he has patched up his strained relationship with coach Dean Laidley.