Ben Stratton

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Australian rules footballer

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nameBen Stratton
imageBen Stratton 2017.2.jpg
image_size200px
captionStratton playing for Hawthorn in April 2017
fullnameBenjamin Stratton
birth_date
birth_placeWestern Australia
originalteamEast Perth
draftpickNo. 46, 2009 national draft
debutdateRound 3, 2010
debutteam
debutopponent
debutstadiumEtihad Stadium
height189 cm
weight88 kg
positionDefender
years12010–2020
club1
games_goals1202 (2)
statsend2020
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Benjamin Stratton (born 1 March 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

Stratton was educated at Dunsborough Primary School and MacKillop Catholic College in Busselton. He played for the Augusta Margaret River Football Club before being recruited to East Perth. He then spent three years playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), playing 23 senior games and kicked three goals for East Perth. A medium-sized defender, Stratton was drafted from East Perth with the 46th selection in the 2009 AFL draft.

AFL career

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Stratton made his AFL debut against Western Bulldogs in round 3 of the 2010 AFL season. Despite being a mature-age rookie, Stratton was awarded the AFL Rising Star nomination for round 14, against the Bulldogs once more.

He dislocated his knee in the third quarter of the Hawks’ win against Richmond in round 3 of the 2011 season and had surgery to repair his posterior cruciate ligament and have the lateral ligament in his right knee stabilised. He missed most of the remainder of the year, he returned to play in the last home and away game of the season against the Gold Coast Suns and all the 2011 final series.

After a solid 2012 season where he played every game, However, the Hawks lost the Grand Final to Sydney by 10 points, with Stratton having a quiet game, but restricting Sam Reid to one goal.

Stratton again played every game in 2013, including notching up his 50th consecutive game in the first qualifying final against Sydney. Stratton again played in the Grand Final, with Hawthorn defeating Fremantle and granting him his first premiership.

Stratton's consecutive run was broken in 2014 after a hamstring injury forced him to miss the first 4 rounds of the year. He would return to the side, playing consistent football. Hawthorn would triumph in the 2014 Grand Final over the Sydney Swans, giving Stratton his second premiership.

Stratton played all but one game in the 2015 season, generally performing well and picking up his third premiership after Hawthorn defeated West Coast in the Grand Final.

Despite suffering from a pectoral injury in round 20, Stratton was regarded as having a good 2016 season, drawing especial praise for his performance in round 3 on Western Bulldogs forward Jake Stringer.

Stratton had a good start to 2017, but he injured his posterior cruciate ligament once again in round 8, sidelining him for the rest of the season.

Stratton played his 150th game against Melbourne in round 4 of the 2018 season. Stratton had a decent year in 2018, finishing seventh in Hawthorn's best and fairest medal tally.

Captaincy

He was appointed captain of the club at the start of the 2019 season. In round 13 Stratton was suspended for repeatedly pinching Essendon opponent Orazio Fantasia as well as stomping on Shaun McKernan. He received a one week suspension for each incident. Stratton was the subject of a considerable negative reaction for these actions, with Hawthorn CEO (Justin Reeves) declaring that he had 'let himself and the club down'.

On the 14th of September 2020, it was announced that Stratton would retire from the AFL following the 2020 season. He played his final game for Hawthorn the following Sunday in a 108-57 win over the Gold Coast Suns.

Statistics

|- | 2010 || || 39 | 21 || 1 || 0 || 184 || 107 || 291 || 108 || 43 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.8 || 5.1 || 13.9 || 5.1 || 2.0 || 0 |- | 2011 || || 24 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 39 || 34 || 73 || 24 || 21 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.5 || 5.7 || 12.2 || 4.0 || 3.5 || 0 |- | 2012 || || 24 | 25 || 0 || 0 || 175 || 118 || 293 || 97 || 70 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0 || 4.7 || 11.7 || 3.9 || 2.8 || 0 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2013# || || 24 | 25 || 0 || 1 || 192 || 175 || 367 || 123 || 74 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.7 || 7.0 || 14.7 || 4.9 || 3.0 || 0 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2014# || || 24 | 15 || 0 || 0 || 98 || 98 || 196 || 59 || 46 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.5 || 6.5 || 13.1 || 3.9 || 3.1 || 0 |- | bgcolor=F0E68C | 2015# || || 24 | 25 || 0 || 4 || 158 || 111 || 269 || 92 || 72 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 6.3 || 4.4 || 10.8 || 3.7 || 2.9 || 0 |- | 2016 || || 24 | 21 || 0 || 1 || 146 || 107 || 253 || 96 || 47 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 7.0 || 5.1 || 12.1 || 4.6 || 2.2 || 0 |- | 2017 || || 24 | 8 || 0 || 0 || 54 || 50 || 104 || 27 || 24 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.8 || 6.3 || 13.0 || 3.4 || 3.0 || 0 |- | 2018 || || 24 | 23 || 0 || 0 || 164 || 116 || 280 || 93 || 44 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.1 || 5.0 || 12.2 || 4.0 || 1.9 || 0 |- | 2019 || || 24 | 19 || 0 || 0 || 96 || 79 || 175 || 64 || 29 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.1 || 4.2 || 9.2 || 3.4 || 1.5 || 0 |- | 2020 || || 24 | 14 || 1 || 0 || 66 || 55 || 121 || 41 || 17 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 4.7 || 3.9 || 8.6 || 2.9 || 1.2 || 0 |- class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3| Career ! 202 !! 2 !! 6 !! 1372 !! 1050 !! 2422 !! 824 !! 487 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 6.8 !! 5.2 !! 12.0 !! 4.1 !! 2.4 !! 0 |}

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

References

  1. (10 June 2009). "East Perth Versus Peel". Margaretrivermail.com.au.
  2. "Stratton's WAFL stats".
  3. (2 December 2009). "Hawthorn drafts Ben Stratton". Busseltonmail.com.au.
  4. Holmesby, Luke. (4 March 2010). "100 per cent footy suits Stratton". Hawthorn Football Club.
  5. Holmesby, Luke. (6 June 2010). "Stratton soars to rising star status". Hawthorn Football Club.
  6. Morwood, Sam. (13 April 2011). "Stratton to sit out year". Herald Sun.
  7. (September 23, 2012). "Hawks hang on against gutsy Crows".
  8. (September 29, 2012). "Swans snatch victory in classic grand final".
  9. (September 23, 2013). "WA's Ben Stratton aiming to end Fremantle dream".
  10. (September 28, 2013). "AFL grand final 2013: Hawthorn v Fremantle as it happened".
  11. (March 11, 2014). "Hawthorn confirm Brad Sewell, Ben Stratton suffered hamstring injuries against Melbourne".
  12. (September 27, 2014). "2014 AFL grand final: Sydney v Hawthorn at the MCG as it happened".
  13. (November 19, 2015). "Season Review: Ben Stratton".
  14. (August 9, 2016). "Hawthorn defender Ben Stratton strains pectoral muscle, will miss 3-4 weeks".
  15. (October 21, 2016). "Season Review: Ben Stratton".
  16. (October 2, 2017). "Season review: Ben Stratton".
  17. (July 4, 2017). "Hawthorn defender Ben Stratton to miss rest of season with knee injury".
  18. (April 12, 2018). "The rise of Ben Stratton".
  19. (November 10, 2018). "The comprehensive end-of-year review: Hawthorn Hawks".
  20. Staff Writers. (February 28, 2019). "AFL 2019: Hawthorn unveils popular defender Ben Stratton as 2019 skipper".
  21. (June 18, 2019). "Hawthorn's Ben Stratton suspended for two weeks for pinching, stomping on Essendon players".
  22. Staff writers. (June 15, 2019). "Stratton 'let himself and the club down': Hawks CEO".
  23. "Hawks to farewell two champions this Sunday".
  24. [http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Ben_Stratton.html Ben Stratton's player profile at AFL Tables]

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