Ben McKinley

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Ben McKinley
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin McKinley
Date of birth	(1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Original team	Northern Knights
Height/Weight	185 cm / 85 kg
Position(s)	Full-forward, half-forward flank
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–2010 2011 Total	West Coast North Melbourne	46 (89) 2 (0) 48 (89)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of Round 17, 2011 season.
Career highlights
AFL Rising Star nominee 2008 West Coast leading goalkicker 2008 West Coast Rookie of the Year 2008

Benjamin "Ben" McKinley (born 4 March 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who previously played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the West Coast Eagles.

Early life

McKinley played all of his junior football (U10's - U17's) with the Yarrambat Junior Football Club. He attended Ivanhoe Grammar School where he played for the Old Ivanhoe Football Club. McKinley also played for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup competition where he attracted the eye of talent scouts.

AFL career

2005–10: West Coast Eagles

McKinley was recruited by the West Coast as the number 29 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft. McKinley has played predominantly as a forward for East Perth in the WAFL. He made his debut for the West Coast Eagles in Round 15 2007 against Port Adelaide. After kicking seven goals against West Perth in Round 2, he was a late inclusion into the West Coast team for the Round 3 Western Derby and kicked three goals. The following week, he kicked four of his team's five goals against Sydney. A five-goal effort in the Eagles' loss to Port Adelaide in Round 5 saw him nominated for the Rising Star award. A notable performance was the Essendon clash late in the season, with the Bombers needing a win to get to September, McKinley single handedly destroyed Essendon with a 7 goal man of the match performance. . He finished the season as West Coast's leading goalkicker and was named Rookie of the Year at the Club Champion Awards .

2011–2012: North Melbourne

During the 2010 AFL Trade Week, Ben McKinley requested a trade to North Melbourne Football Club. West Coast agreed to trade Ben McKinley to the North Melbourne Football Club in exchange for pick 86 in the 2010 AFL Draft.

Delisting

Ben McKinley was delisted from North Melbourne at the end of the 2012 season after failing to play a senior match.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.kangaroos.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/4912/newsid/150441/default.aspx

External links

Ben McKinley's profile on the official website of the North Melbourne Football Club
Ben McKinley's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e West Coast Eagles · leading goalkickers

1987: Glendinning 1988: Glendinning 1989: Sumich 1990: Sumich 1991: Sumich 1992: Sumich 1993: Sumich 1994: Sumich 1995: Ball 1996: White 1997: Sumich 1998: Gehrig 1999: Cummings 2000: Matera 2001: Wilson 2002: Matera 2003: Matera 2004: Matera 2005: Matera 2006: Lynch 2007: Lynch 2008: McKinley 2009: LeCras 2010: LeCras 2011: Kennedy 2012: Darling 2013: Kennedy

v t e 2008 AFL Rising Star nominees

Rd 1: Houli Rd 2: Hill Rd 3: Palmer Rd 4: Jack Rd 5: McKinley Rd 6: Rioli Rd 7: Wonaeamirri Rd 8: Tippett Rd 9: Ibbotson Rd 10: Brown Rd 11: Kreuzer Rd 12: Cotchin Rd 13: J. Morton Rd 14: Garland Rd 15: Riewoldt Rd 16: Reimers Rd 17: Ebert Rd 18: Urquhart Rd 19: Grigg Rd 20: C. Morton Rd 21: Dalziell Rd 22: Carlile

v t e 2005 AFL National Draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

Persondata
Name	McKinley, Benjamin
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	4 March 1987
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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