Luke Beveridge
| Luke Beveridge | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1970 | ||
| Original team(s) | St Peters | ||
| Height / weight | 173 cm / 81 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Rover, forward | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1989–1992 | Melbourne | 42 (41) | |
| 1993–1995 | Footscray | 31 (29) | |
| 1996–1999 | St Kilda | 45 (37) | |
| Total | 118 (107) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2015– | Western Bulldogs | 50 (35–15–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of Round 1, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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Luke Beveridge (born 23 August 1970) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. He is currently the head coach of the Western Bulldogs.
Small in stature, he mainly played as a rover and a forward. He is the grandson of Collingwood premiership player Jack Beveridge.
Beveridge won the Melbourne first year player award in 1989 and played his most games with the club in 1991.
He was traded to Footscray for pick 122 in the 1992 AFL Draft. He was seen as a depth player for the club's playing list. He managed 31 games in three seasons.
At the end of 1995 Beveridge was traded to St Kilda for pick 52 in the 1995 AFL Draft. His father was a recruitment officer for the club. Beveridge played 45 games for the Saints in four seasons. Beveridge played in St Kilda's 1996 pre-season cup winning side. He played in 7 of 22 matches in the 1997 home and away rounds. St Kilda qualified in first position for the 1997 finals series. He retired at the end on the 1999 season.
In 2002 Beveridge was elected in the AFL Greek Team of the Century for players having full or partial Greek heritage. His maternal grandfather originates from the island of Samos.
He began his coaching career in the Victorian Amateur Football Association competition where he coached St Bede's Mentone Tigers to the C, B and A Grade premierships in consecutive seasons.
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