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| Birth | 1 December 1981 |
| Recruited from | East Fremantle |
| Height and weight | 193cm / 95kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 5, 9 April 2000, Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide, at Football Park |
| Team(s) | Hawthorn (2000-2002)
12 games 3 goals Fremantle (2002-) 109 games 77 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of Round 9, 2008 season | |
| Career highlights | |
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Luke McPharlin (born 1 December 1981) is an Australian rules football player for the Fremantle Football Club. He is 193 centimetres tall with a playing weight of 95 kilograms. McPharlin was educated at Christ Church Grammar School, graduating in 1999.
He now spends the majority of playing time in the back line, but has spent time at Full-Forward. He is also well known for his trademark "specky's" or high flying pack-marks.
McPharlin was recruited from East Fremantle in Western Australia to the Hawthorn Football Club after being taken at Pick 10 in the 1999 AFL Draft. He made his debut in 2000 and played 12 games in his first two seasons at Hawthorn before being traded to Fremantle.
He won the Mark of the Year in 2005 for his spectacular chestmark against the West Coast Eagles in Round Three (see links).
Luke is also the lead guitarist and singer of a Bahá'í Youth Music outfit, "Calling, Waiting, Searching"[1][2] His musical skills lead him to win The Footy Show's musical contest Screamers.
Aside from McPharlin's AFL career, he is also currently studying pharmacy at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, and is married.
On Monday 22nd of September 2008, Luke received a total of 3 Brownlow votes.
External links
References
- ^ A player and more by Les Everett, Australian Rules, from the Fremantle Herald.
- ^ Top sportsmen find support in faith, 11 August 2004 (BWNS)
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| Preceded by Ashley Sampi |
AFL Mark of the Year 2005 |
Succeeded by Brad Ottens |
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