Career
His name is also given as Dan Lanigan in some sources. Lanigan holds a place in VFL/American Federation of Labor-Congress history as the first player to compete for three clubs. His 11 appearances for Collingwood included two semi finals.
He then crossed to Melbourne and played in 16 of a possible 17 games for them in the 1898 VFL season.
A year later he was at another club, Carlton, with whom he made 14 appearances.