Luke Ottens was born on 22 May 1976 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League.
12 Facts About Luke Ottens
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Luke Ottens is the elder brother of All-Australian and premiership player, Brad Ottens, and the son of Dean Ottens.
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Luke Ottens is the son of Dean Ottens, who was a talented ruckman for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League.
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Luke Ottens began his career with Glenelg, playing in the SANFL.
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Luke Ottens was drafted in the inaugural rookie draft in 1997 by Port Adelaide, but he failed to play a game for Port, instead continuing to play for Glenelg.
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Luke Ottens was drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with the 50th selection in the 1997 AFL Draft, the same draft in which his brother, Brad, was drafted by Richmond with the second selection.
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Luke Ottens made his debut for Melbourne's reserves in April 1998.
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Luke Ottens was hampered by groin problems for the remainder of 1998 and did not manage to break into the senior team, playing all his matches in the reserves.
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Luke Ottens made his AFL debut in the first round of the 1999 season, playing against his brother, Brad, who was playing in his 13th match.
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Luke Ottens was "dominated" by his younger, but substantially taller, brother in these encounters.
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Luke Ottens was dropped from the team for Melbourne's round 5 match and he never made his way back into the Melbourne senior team in a career that was crippled by injury, causing the round 4 game to be his last AFL match.
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In round 13 of the 1999 season, Luke Ottens injured his left knee, requiring a knee reconstruction, which ruled him out for the remainder of the 1999 season and half of the 2000 season.