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Full name | Benjamin Kirk Hardy | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Captain Kirk | |||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 21 September 1974|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 335 cm (132 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Block | 320 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Last updated: 20 February 2017 |
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