1. Ben McEvoy was born on 11 July 1989 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.
17 Facts About Ben McEvoy
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Ben McEvoy played junior football with Dederang-Mt Beauty and U18 football with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup.
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Ben McEvoy was recruited by St Kilda with the ninth selection in the 2007 AFL draft from the Murray Bushrangers.
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Hawthorn and St Kilda played out a draw in Round 17 after Ben McEvoy kicked a goal with 12 seconds remaining.
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Ben McEvoy went up uncontested in a ball-up and then dribbled through the goal from 12m out with no Hawthorn player in the goalsquare.
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Ben McEvoy worked closely with Steven King before and during the season to improve his technical skill to assume the lead ruck role for the club.
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Ben McEvoy was St Kilda's number one ruckman again in 2012, but had mid season surgery to his knee after he injured it at training.
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Ben McEvoy missed six games and after returning played every game to season's end.
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Ben McEvoy liked to spend time dropping back into defence to take strong contested marks.
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Ben McEvoy played all 22 games for St Kilda in season 2013 and held down the number one ruck role.
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Ben McEvoy was holidaying in Cambodia when he was contacted to agree to the trade.
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The Hawks were hopeful at the time that Ben McEvoy could hold down the number one ruck position after premiership ruckman Max Bailey announced his retirement post-season.
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Ben McEvoy featured in the 2015 Hawthorn Premiership side where the Hawks defeated the West Coast Eagles to claim their third straight premiership.
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On 14 August 2017 Ben McEvoy signed a two-year contract extension keeping him at Hawthorn until the end of 2019.
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Ben McEvoy was the first player since Keith Shea in 1945 to become Hawthorn captain after playing for another club.
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Ben McEvoy became the first ruckman to captain Hawthorn since Don Scott in 1980.
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Ben McEvoy has a younger brother Peter, who played for the Box Hill Hawks Football Club development team, and lead the Development League in goalkicking in 2014, booting 59 goals.