Luke McPharlin

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Luke McPharlin
Personal information
Birth January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 27),
Recruited from East Fremantle
Height and weight 193cm / 95kg
Playing career¹
Debut Round 5, April 9, 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

  • 2005 Mark of the Year

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.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ A player and more by Les Everett, Australian Rules, from the Fremantle Herald.
  2. ^ Top sportsmen find support in faith, 11 August 2004 (BWNS)