Ben Kennedy (Australian rules footballer)

Ben Kennedy
Kennedy at training in November 2015
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Kennedy
Date of birth	(1994-03-03) 3 March 1994 (age 30)
Original team(s)	Glenelg (SANFL)
Draft	No. 19, 2012 national draft
Debut	Round 6, 2013, Collingwood vs. St Kilda, at MCG
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Position(s)	Forward / midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–2015	Collingwood	25 (15)
2016–2017	Melbourne	15 (13)
Total		40 (28)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ben Kennedy (born 3 March 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A small forward, 1.75 metres (5 ft 9 in) tall and weighing 78 kilograms (172 lb), Kennedy is able to contribute as a crumbing forward and is also capable of moving into the midfield. He played top-level football from a young age by representing South Australia from fifteen years of age, including as a bottom aged player in the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships, and playing in Glenelg's senior side in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) at seventeen. His junior achievements included two-time selection in the under 18 All-Australian side, a SANFL star search nomination, and selection in the South Australian under 18 team of the decade. He was recruited by the Collingwood Football Club with the nineteenth selection in the 2012 AFL draft and he made his debut in the 2013 season. He played three seasons with Collingwood for a total of twenty-five matches before he was traded to Melbourne during the 2015 trade period. In October 2017, Kennedy was delisted by Melbourne after managing only 15 games in two seasons.^[1]