Ben McEvoy
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McEvoy in April 2017
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ben McEvoy | ||
| Nickname(s) | Big Boy | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Colbinabin | ||
| Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 9, 2007 National Draft, St Kilda | ||
| Height / weight | 200 cm / 102 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Ruckman | ||
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| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2008–2013 | St Kilda | 91 (27) | |
| 2014– | Hawthorn | 65 (38) | |
| Total | 156 (65) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 10, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ben McEvoy (born 11 July 1989) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the St Kilda Football Club between 2008 and 2013.
McEvoy is an Australian Institute of Sport and AFL Academy graduate. He was an All-Australian selection in the NAB AFL Under 18 championships, averaging seven marks per game as a ruck/forward. He played junior football with Dederang-Mt Beauty and U18 football with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup. In 2007 he captained the Murray Bushrangers and won the best and fairest award.
McEvoy was recruited by St Kilda with the ninth selection in the 2007 AFL Draft from the Murray Bushrangers. With an injury to Michael Gardiner he made his debut for St Kilda against Fremantle in 2008. This was his only game for that year and he has been in and out of the St Kilda senior side for the next two years, wearing the number 5 jumper. In that time he was consistently in the best players for St Kilda's VFL affiliate team, Casey Scorpions.
Hawthorn and St Kilda played out a draw in Round 17 after McEvoy kicked a goal with 12 seconds remaining. McEvoy went up uncontested in a ball-up and then dribbled through the goal from 12m out with no Hawthorn player in the goalsquare. After playing strongly into and through the 2010 finals series, including eight consecutive games and 18 for the season, McEvoy was dropped for the Grand Final. With injury to first ruck Michael Gardiner, McEvoy regained his place in the side for the grand final replay in which St Kilda were defeated by Collingwood.
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