1. Luke Darcy was born on 12 July 1975 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League and now works for the Seven Network and Triple M covering the AFL and the Olympics.
22 Facts About Luke Darcy
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Luke Darcy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of David Darcy, who had played with Footscray and played for and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League.
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David, originally a Victorian, moved his family to Adelaide where Luke attended Rostrevor College.
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Luke Darcy started his career with South Adelaide before his recruitment by the Bulldogs in 1993.
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On 20 December 2005 during the final pre-season training session before the Christmas holidays, Luke Darcy re-injured the ACL during a fall which dislocated his knee, which meant that he would miss the entire 2006 season.
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Luke Darcy had been part of a Bulldogs casualty list that included four ACL injuries during the season.
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Luke Darcy was officially added to Network Ten's AFL commentary team in 2007 and remained an Expert Commentator right up until the end of the 2011 AFL season, when the network lost broadcasting rights.
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Luke Darcy is married to wife Rebecca and has four children.
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Luke Darcy is the son of former Footscray ruckman David Darcy.
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In 2008, Luke Darcy became a member of the AFL rules committee while 2011 joined the AFL's All Australian selection panel filling this role for nine years until 2020.
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Luke Darcy resigned as an All Australian selector to join former club, Western Bulldogs as a director.
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Luke Darcy met the Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton through mutual friends, and became close friends.
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Luke Darcy is reported to have introduced him to meditation.
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In June 2023, Luke Darcy was inducted into the Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame.
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Late in his AFL career, Luke Darcy was an expert commentator for Network Ten, doing this while injured then filling in around his playing commitments.
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Luke Darcy was part of the team full time once his retirement came at the end of 2007.
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Luke Darcy's roles expanded on Ten becoming a netball commentator as well as becoming a panellist on AFL panel shows One Week at a Time, Thursday Night Live.
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Luke Darcy joined radio station Triple M in Melbourne to provide match commentary for its Australian rules football coverage on Friday nights.
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Luke Darcy co-hosted Triple M Melbourne's The Hot Breakfast with fellow AFL personality Eddie McGuire until November 2020.
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In 2014, Luke Darcy became the new host of Seven's AFL chat show Talking Footy.
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Luke Darcy has been a fill in sport presenter on Seven News Melbourne and has served as a tennis commentator for Seven, covering the 2014 Brisbane International.
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Luke Darcy hosted Seven's coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside Johanna Griggs.