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Luke Ball
Luke Patrick Ball (born 25 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda and Collingwood football clubs in the Australian Football League. From 2003 to 2009 he played 142 games for the St Kilda Football Club where he was captain in 2007 and best and fairest and All-Australian in 2005. He is one of the only players in AFL history to have played in four consecutive grand finals for two clubs; for St Kilda in 2009 and for Collingwood in 2010, the 2010 replay and 2011.
Ball is the younger brother of Hawthorn player Matthew Ball, both of whom played for the local football club at Ashburton in their junior years. Both brothers and little sister Sophie grew up with their parents in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris, attending St Roch's Primary School. His father, Ray Ball, was also a footballer, who played for Richmond and South Melbourne.
He was drafted to the St Kilda Football Club in 2001 with the priority pick (number 2 overall) in the AFL draft. The draft that year was known as the "super draft" and Ball was taken behind Luke Hodge and ahead of Chris Judd. He debuted in 2003 after having injury problems and choosing to play football for Xavier College in his final school year. Ball finished his schooling with a VCE ENTER score of 98.8.
After missing his initial debut season, Ball was a Rising Star nominee in his debut season of 2003. He played 16 games and averaged 15.8 disposals per game in a solid first season.
Ball played in St Kilda's 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side, the club's second pre-season cup win.
2004 was a big year for Ball, coming second in St Kilda's Trevor Barker Award for the club's best and fairest player. In 2004, Ball averaged 20 disposals and 5 tackles per game. He also pushed forward to boot 17 goals for the season.
In 2005 Ball won the Trevor Barker Award for St Kilda's best and fairest player, tying with Steven Baker.
Ball was also recognised for his excellent season with selection in the 2005 All-Australian Team as a midfield player, his first All-Australian Team award. He averaged 22 disposals and 5.3 tackles per game.
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Luke Ball
Luke Patrick Ball (born 25 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the St Kilda and Collingwood football clubs in the Australian Football League. From 2003 to 2009 he played 142 games for the St Kilda Football Club where he was captain in 2007 and best and fairest and All-Australian in 2005. He is one of the only players in AFL history to have played in four consecutive grand finals for two clubs; for St Kilda in 2009 and for Collingwood in 2010, the 2010 replay and 2011.
Ball is the younger brother of Hawthorn player Matthew Ball, both of whom played for the local football club at Ashburton in their junior years. Both brothers and little sister Sophie grew up with their parents in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Iris, attending St Roch's Primary School. His father, Ray Ball, was also a footballer, who played for Richmond and South Melbourne.
He was drafted to the St Kilda Football Club in 2001 with the priority pick (number 2 overall) in the AFL draft. The draft that year was known as the "super draft" and Ball was taken behind Luke Hodge and ahead of Chris Judd. He debuted in 2003 after having injury problems and choosing to play football for Xavier College in his final school year. Ball finished his schooling with a VCE ENTER score of 98.8.
After missing his initial debut season, Ball was a Rising Star nominee in his debut season of 2003. He played 16 games and averaged 15.8 disposals per game in a solid first season.
Ball played in St Kilda's 2004 Wizard Home Loans Cup winning side, the club's second pre-season cup win.
2004 was a big year for Ball, coming second in St Kilda's Trevor Barker Award for the club's best and fairest player. In 2004, Ball averaged 20 disposals and 5 tackles per game. He also pushed forward to boot 17 goals for the season.
In 2005 Ball won the Trevor Barker Award for St Kilda's best and fairest player, tying with Steven Baker.
Ball was also recognised for his excellent season with selection in the 2005 All-Australian Team as a midfield player, his first All-Australian Team award. He averaged 22 disposals and 5.3 tackles per game.