Luke Beveridge

Luke Beveridge
Personal information
Date of birth23 August 1970
Original teamSt Peters
Height/Weight173 cm / 81 kg
Position(s)Rover, forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1989–1992
1993–1995
1996–1999
Total		Melbourne
Footscray
St Kilda		42 (41)
31 (29)
45 (37)
118 (107)
Coaching career3
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2015–Western Bulldogs3 (2-1-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1999 season.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of Round 3, 2015.

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.[1]

Playing career

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.[2] He retired at the end on the 1999 season.

In 2002 Beveridge was elected in the AFL Greek Team of the Century[3] for players having full or partial Greek heritage.[4] His maternal grandfather originates from the island of Samos.[5]

Coaching

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.

Beveridge had two years as a player development manager at Collingwood from 2009–10, where he had an input to the club's 2010 premiership.[6]

After having a year off, Beveridge joined Hawthorn in 2012 as an assistant coach specialising is working with the club's defence. Beveridge left Hawthorn after the 2014 season and was originally going to become director of coaching at St Kilda,[7] however, on 14 November 2014, it was instead announced that he would become the head coach of the Western Bulldogs, succeeding Brendan McCartney.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dogs set to announce new coach, AFL.com.au official website, 14 November 2014
  2. ↑ "1997 Season Scores and Results – Ladder". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  3. ↑ Tamis Anastasios: "The Greeks in Australia", page 104, La Trobe University, Victoria, 2005
  4. ↑ http://www.aussierulesinternational.com/home/world/europe/greece/greek_team_of_the_century
  5. ↑ http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=117-133&cid=264&did=5335
  6. ↑ http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/football/coaches
  7. ↑ "Luke Beveridge to leave Hawthorn assistant coaching role to become St Kilda director of coaching". Herald Sun. Australian Associated Press. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

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