Ben Ross (Australian rules footballer)

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Ben Ross
Personal information
Full name Ben Ross
Date of birth (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988 (age 34)
Original team(s) Gippsland Power
Draft No. 3, 2007 pre-season draft
Debut Round 4, 2008, North Melbourne
vs.  Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2007–2011 Kangaroos/North Melbourne 14 (4)
2014 Hawthorn 04 (1)
Total18 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ben Ross (born 21 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was rookie listed by Hawthorn in the 2013 AFL Rookie Draft after previously playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League between 2007 and 2011.

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North Melbourne

Ross was selected by the Kangaroos with Pick 3 in the 2006 AFL Pre-Season Draft. Ross initially broke into the senior team for the Round 4 win against Melbourne in 2007. He continued to play in other games during the season to pick up a career high 21 possessions and a goal against Port Adelaide, before his year was cut short by injury. He played 9 out of 19 games in 2009.

Ross was delisted by North Melbourne at the end of 2011 after playing 14 games over four injury-interrupted seasons. [1]

Werribee

He continued to play for Werribee in the Victorian Football League (VFL), winning the 2012 J. J. Liston Trophy as the best player in the league. [2] He had a delayed start to the 2013 season because he went overseas for travel purposes hence he missed most of the pre-season training.

Hawthorn

He was selected by Hawthorn in the 2013 Rookie Draft. [3] Ross will provide the Hawks with an immediate source of midfield depth, he is also capable of playing at half-forward or half-back. He was picked to make his debut for the Hawks against Carlton in Round 13, 2014 after being elevated off the rookie list because of long-term injury to Jed Anderson.

Ross, along with Jordan Kelly and Derick Wanganeen were delisted by Hawthorn on 9 October 2014. [4]

Personal life

Ross is the grandson of Max Papley, a star player with Moorabbin, South Melbourne and Williamstown in the 1960s and 1970s. [5] His brother, Michael Ross, was a midfielder at Essendon and his cousin, Tom Papley, currently plays for the Sydney Swans. [6]

Statistics

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2007 Kangaroos 330——————————————0
2008 North Melbourne 15322241236850.70.78.04.012.02.71.70
2009 North Melbourne 15927807515531280.20.88.98.317.23.43.10
2010 North Melbourne 15200111526730.00.05.57.513.03.51.50
2011 North Melbourne 150——————————————0
2014 Hawthorn 21410171330830.30.04.33.37.52.00.80
Career [7] 185913211524754390.30.57.36.413.73.02.20

Honours and achievements

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Five players delisted Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Jenkinson, Lance (3 September 2012). "VFL: Werribee Tigers midfielder Ben Ross claims JJ Liston Trophy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ross ready for second chance".
  4. ↑ "AFL trade period 2014, day four". 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "100 games for Ross". 16 August 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tom Papley ties to Sydney run deep with both grandfathers South Melbourne Guns" . Hearld Sun.
  7. ↑ "Ben Ross". AFLTables. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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