Ben Hudson
| Ben Hudson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Benjamin Hudson | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Melbourne | ||
| Original team(s) | Werribee (VFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 58, 2003 National Draft, Adelaide | ||
| Height | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club |
Brisbane Lions (forwards and ruck coach) |
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| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004–2007 | Adelaide | 55 (6) | |
| 2008–2011 | Western Bulldogs | 88 (9) | |
| 2012 | Brisbane Lions | 18 (3) | |
| 2013–2014 | Collingwood | 7 (1) | |
| Total | 168 (19) | ||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ben Hudson (born 24 February 1979) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.
Hudson was born in Victoria, but moved to Queensland at a young age where he grew up at Palm Beach, a suburb of the Gold Coast.
He played basketball until 2000, when he began driving to Brisbane to study Physiotherapy at the University of Queensland, living at Union College, where he played for the University of Queensland Australian Football Club at 21 years of age as a ruckman. His coach later recommended that he play for Mount Gravatt Football Club where he played under coach Danny Craven.
At Mount Gravatt, he won a best and fairest in 2001, before taking part in the club's 2002 premiership side. That year he represented Queensland against Western Australia.
He later returned to Victoria, where he tried out with the Werribee Football Club, where at the relatively late age of 24, Adelaide Football Club talent scouts recognized his skills and lured him to the AFL at pick number 58 in the 2003 AFL Draft.
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