Luke Darcy

Luke Darcy
Luke Darcy is a helmet racer at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-07-12) 12 July 1975 (age 41)
Original team(s)	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Debut	Round 21, 13 August 1994, Footscray vs. St Kilda, at Waverley Park
Height	197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1994–2007	Western Bulldogs	226 (183)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1996–1999	South Australia	2 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2007.
Career highlights
Leigh Matthews Trophy 2002 (shared) Charles Sutton Medal 2001 All-Australian 2002 South Australia team representative AFL Rising Star nominee: 1996
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Luke Darcy (born 12 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL) and now works for the Seven Network and Triple M covering the AFL.

Darcy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of David Darcy, who had played with Footscray (as the Western Bulldogs were then called) and played for and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). David, originally a Victorian, moved his family to Adelaide where Darcy attended Rostrevor College.

Darcy started his career with South Adelaide before his recruitment by the Bulldogs in 1993.

Debuting in 1994, Darcy became known as one of the Bulldogs' most successful ruckmen/forwards. In 2001 he took out the Bulldogs' Best and Fairest award, the Charles Sutton Medal, and continued to play well in the following seasons. in 2002 Darcy and the Brisbane Lions's Michael Voss were the first players to be awarded the Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL Players Association's Most Valuable Player (MVP)¹. In 2004 he was the Western Bulldogs's leading goalkicker.