1. Ben Hudson was born on 24 February 1979 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
15 Facts About Ben Hudson
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Ben Hudson has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014.
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Ben Hudson was the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.
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Ben Hudson first played junior football for Palm Beach Currumbin before focusing on basketball while he attended Somerset College on the Gold Coast throughout his teenage years.
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Ben Hudson played basketball until 2000, when he began driving to Brisbane to study physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, living at Union College, where he played for the University of Queensland Australian Football Club at 21 years of age as a ruckman.
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Ben Hudson later returned to Victoria, where he tried out with the Werribee Football Club, where at the relatively late age of 24, Adelaide Football Club talent scouts recognised his skills and lured him to the AFL at pick number 58 in the 2003 AFL Draft.
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Ben Hudson required a full knee reconstruction, which resulted in the return of veteran ruckman Matthew Clarke back from the brink of retirement.
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Ben Hudson recovered well from the injury to play in the SANFL late in 2006.
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Ben Hudson returned to the Crows in 2007 and performed well throughout the year, playing 22 games, garnering 366 hit-outs and finishing second overall in the AFL for hardball gets.
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Ben Hudson was allegedly upset by criticism from Adelaide coach Neil Craig.
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On 19 September 2007 Ben Hudson asked to be traded to the Western Bulldogs, after contract negotiations with Adelaide broke down.
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Ben Hudson officially joined the Western Bulldogs on a three-year contract on 12 October 2007, after the Adelaide Football Club's hand was forced into a trade.
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Ben Hudson has fitted in well at his new club and his superb performance against ladder leaders Hawthorn led coach Alastair Clarkson to name him the trade of the year.
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Ben Hudson was elected into the Western Bulldogs Leadership Group by the players for the 2009 Season, joining Captain Brad Johnson, Daniel Giansiracusa, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Matthew Boyd, Dale Morris and Shaun Higgins.
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However, because Ben Hudson had no existing good or bad record, an early plea could reduce the penalty by 25 percent to a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record, which he accepted.