1. Ben McGlynn was born on 6 August 1985 and is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.
12 Facts About Ben McGlynn
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Ben McGlynn is currently an assistant coach at the St Kilda Football Club.
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Ben McGlynn excelled for Box Hill at VFL level and is a centre clearance specialist who will only improve as he builds his fitness to AFL standards.
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Ben McGlynn continued to play three more at senior level and did OK as a small forward.
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Ben McGlynn was promoted to the seniors list at the end of the 2006 season.
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In 2007 Ben McGlynn played 21 games for Hawthorn after injured skipper Richie Vandenberg left an opening in the midfield.
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Ben McGlynn's transfer has appeared to have immediate dividends with McGlynn booting a career-best 5 goal haul against the Adelaide Crows in his second game for the Swans.
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Ben McGlynn started in the same role he played for much of 2010, a small forward.
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Coach John Longmire consequently moved him into the midfield to play as a tagger and Ben McGlynn's performances improved markedly.
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Ben McGlynn's year was rewarded with a 9th-place finish in the 2011 Bob Skilton Medal.
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Ben McGlynn missed out on playing in the Swans' 2012 AFL Grand Final victory due to a hamstring injury sustained in week one of the finals.
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Ben McGlynn had been very consistent for Sydney across half forward and in the midfield to that point in the year.