Ben Ross (born 21 September 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was rookie listed by Hawthorn in the 2013 AFL rookie draft after previously playing for North Melbourne between 2007 and 2011.
| Ben Ross | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ben Ross | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1988 | ||
| Original team(s) | Gippsland Power | ||
| Draft | No. 3, 2007 pre-season draft | ||
| Debut | Round 4, 2008, North Melbourne vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2007–2011 | North Melbourne | 14 (4) | |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | 4 (1) | |
| Total | 18 (5) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Football career
editNorth Melbourne
editRoss was selected by the Kangaroos with pick 3 in the 2007 AFL pre-season draft. Ross initially broke into the senior team for the Round 4 win against Melbourne in 2007. He continued to play in other games during the season, picking up a career-high 21 possessions and a goal against Port Adelaide, before his year was cut short by injury. He played 9 out of 19 games in 2009.
Ross was delisted by North Melbourne at the end of 2011 after playing 14 games over four injury-interrupted seasons.[1]
Werribee
editHe continued to play for Werribee in the Victorian Football League (VFL), winning the 2012 J. J. Liston Trophy as the best player in the league.[2] He had a delayed start to the 2013 season because he went overseas for travel purposes hence he missed most of the pre-season training.
Hawthorn
editHe was selected by Hawthorn in the 2013 Rookie Draft.[3] Ross was picked to make his debut for the Hawks against Carlton in Round 13, 2014 after being elevated off the rookie list because of a long-term injury to Jed Anderson. Ross, along with Jordan Kelly and Derick Wanganeen, were delisted by Hawthorn on 9 October 2014.[4]
Personal life
editRoss is the grandson of Max Papley, a star player with Moorabbin, South Melbourne and Williamstown in the 1960s and 1970s.[5] His brother, Michael Ross, was a midfielder at Essendon and his cousin, Tom Papley, currently plays for the Sydney Swans.[6]
Statistics
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2007 | Kangaroos | 33 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2008 | North Melbourne | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2009 | North Melbourne | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 80 | 75 | 155 | 31 | 28 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 17.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2010 | North Melbourne | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | North Melbourne | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 | Hawthorn | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Career[7] | 18 | 5 | 9 | 132 | 115 | 247 | 54 | 39 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
Honours and achievements
editIndividual
- J.J. Liston Trophy: 2012
References
edit- ^ Five players delisted Archived 9 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jenkinson, Lance (3 September 2012). "VFL: Werribee Tigers midfielder Ben Ross claims JJ Liston Trophy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Ross ready for second chance". 28 November 2013.
- ^ "AFL trade period 2014, day four". 9 October 2014.
- ^ "100 games for Ross". 16 August 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Tom Papley ties to Sydney run deep with both grandfathers South Melbourne Guns". Herald Sun.
- ^ "Ben Ross". AFLTables. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
External links
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- Ben Ross's playing statistics from AFL Tables