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Ben Mathews
Personal information
Full name Ben Mathews
Date of birth (1978-11-29) 29 November 1978 (age 45)
Original team(s) Hopefield Buraja, Corowa Rutherglen
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1997–2008 Sydney 198 (45)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ben Mathews (born 29 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Mathews originally played with Hopefield Buraja FC in the Coreen & District Football League, then was recruited from the Corowa Rutherglen of New South Wales, via the Murray Bushrangers.

He was part of the 2005 AFL premiership-winning side that defeated the West Coast Eagles. He announced his retirement on 2 September 2008.

He has served as the midfield coach of the Melbourne Football Club since September 2013 to end of 2020.[1] He is now the assistant coach at Sydney Swans Football Club[2]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1997 Sydney 36 4 1 0 18 13 31 3 5 0.3 0.0 4.5 3.3 7.8 0.8 1.3
1998 Sydney 36 0
1999 Sydney 36 17 4 0 122 82 204 47 16 0.2 0.0 7.2 4.8 12.0 2.8 0.9
2000 Sydney 36 22 2 4 270 164 434 102 30 0.1 0.2 12.3 7.5 19.7 4.6 1.4
2001 Sydney 4 23 4 2 264 146 410 113 46 0.2 0.1 11.5 6.3 17.8 4.9 2.0
2002 Sydney 4 21 4 1 211 150 361 66 65 0.2 0.0 10.0 7.1 17.2 3.1 3.1
2003 Sydney 4 23 4 0 237 152 389 94 59 0.2 0.0 10.3 6.6 16.9 4.1 2.6
2004 Sydney 4 24 6 8 239 204 443 109 94 0.3 0.3 10.0 8.5 18.5 4.5 3.9
2005 Sydney 4 25 6 4 200 161 361 77 75 0.2 0.2 8.0 6.4 14.4 3.1 3.0
2006 Sydney 4 14 5 2 83 77 160 44 37 0.4 0.1 5.9 5.5 11.4 3.1 2.6
2007 Sydney 4 23 8 2 168 137 305 89 67 0.3 0.1 7.3 6.0 13.3 3.9 2.9
2008 Sydney 4 2 1 1 12 11 23 9 4 0.5 0.5 6.0 5.5 11.5 4.5 2.0
Career 198 45 24 1824 1297 3121 753 498 0.2 0.1 9.2 6.6 15.8 3.8 2.5

References

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  1. ^ Whitling, Michael (23 September 2013). "Mathews latest to join Roos at Melbourne". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Fit Hogan returns with point to prove".
  3. ^ Ben Mathews' player profile at AFL Tables
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