Ben Eckermann

Ben Eckermann
Personal information
Full name	Ben Eckermann
Date of birth	27 March 1987 (1987-03-27) (age 24)
Original team	Sturt (SANFL) / Port Adelaide
Draft	51st overall, 2004 Port Adelaide
Height/Weight	178cm / 79 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005 – 2006	Port Adelaide	4 (0)
¹ Playing statistics to end of 2011 season .

Ben Eckermann (born 12 March 1987) is an Australian rules football midfielder who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

He was selected with the 51st pick in the 2004 AFL Draft. He made his debut in Round 7 of the 2005 AFL season. In his fourth game he was concussed when he was bumped front-on by Tyson Stenglein.^[1] The incident was seen as a precursor to stronger penalties for front-on contact to the head.^[2] The game would be his last ever AFL match, when he was delisted at the end of the 2006 season.^[3]

References

^ Stenglein handed one-match ban
^ Sheahan, Mike (June 2, 2005). "Tribunal signals end of front-on bump". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on June 2, 2005. http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-05-R11.html. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
^ 2006 Trading

External links

Ben Eckermann's statistics from AFL Tables

2005 AFL Draft

First Round Marc Murphy (Priority Pick) • Dale Thomas (Priority Pick) • Xavier Ellis (Priority Pick) • Josh Kennedy • Scott Pendlebury • Beau Dowler • Paddy Ryder • Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls • Mitch Clark • Marcus Drum • Shaun Higgins • Nathan Jones • Shannon Hurn • Grant Birchall • Travis Varcoe • Richard Douglas • Darren Pfeiffer • Max Bailey • Courtenay Dempsey

Second Round Paul Bower • Danny Stanley • Beau Muston • Ryan Cook • Cleve Hughes • Wayde Mills • Garrick Ibbotson • Dylan Addison • Matt Riggio • Ben McKinley • Nick Lower • Trent West • Bernie Vince • Samuel Gilbert • Matthew Spangher • Stephen Owen

Third Round Jake Edwards • John Anthony • Travis Tuck (F/S) • Jay Neagle (F/S) • Travis Casserly • Rhan Hooper • Robert Warnock • Andrew Swallow • Alipate Carlile • Kasey Green • Travis Baird • Ryan Gamble • Alan Obst • Michael Rix • Sam Lonergan

Later Rounds Matthew Laidlaw • Simon Buckley • Kristin Thornton • Brett Montgomery • Joel Patfull • Hugh Minson • Ryan Brabazon • Clint Bartram • Mathew Stokes • Phillip Raymond • Austin Lucy • Heath Neville • Tim Hutchison • Jonathan Giles• Justin Sweeney

Persondata
Name	Eckermann, Ben
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	12 March 1987
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