Luke McCabe

Luke McCabe
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-08-10) 10 August 1976
Original team(s)	Central District (SANFL)
Debut	Round 1, 1995, Hawthorn vs. Brisbane Bears, at Waverley Park
Height / weight	183 cm / 82 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–2004	Hawthorn	138 (12)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2004.

Luke McCabe (born 10 August 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League (AFL) and Central District in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

McCabe was a small defender who usually played in the back pockets. He was recruited by Hawthorn at pick 15 in the 1993 National Draft but took a while to establish himself in the team, playing over 20 games in a season for the first time in 1998. He finished that season with a second placing in Hawthorn's best and fairest awards and the following season was a member of their pre season premiership side.

He is remembered for his participation in one of the "memorable moments" between Hawthorn and Melbourne when, in round 1, 2002, he was on the receiving end of a mighty hip and shoulder from David Neitz on his way to snap an inspirational goal.^[1]

McCabe returned to Central District for the 2005 SANFL season and was an integral part of the Bulldogs winning their third consecutive premiership. McCabe was awarded the Jack Oatey Medal for being the best on ground in the Grand Final. He retired from senior football following the end of the 2005 season due to work commitments. However, McCabe returned to Central District for the 2008 season.

References

↑ Burgan, Matt (11 August 2010). "Demon Dozen: Memorable moments against Hawthorn". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 6 February 2012.

External links

Luke McCabe's statistics from AFL Tables
Profile at Hawksheadquarters

1993 AFL national draft

1. Darren Gaspar
2. Nigel Lappin
3. Justin Murphy
4. Glenn Gorman
5. Adam Heuskes
6. Trent Cummings
7. Chris Johnson
8. Michael Frost
9. Rowan Warfe
10. Trent Ormond-Allen
11. Brad Johnson
12. Chris Scott
13. David Ugrinic
14. Adam Simpson
15. Luke McCabe
16. Fraser Gehrig
17. Angelo Lekkas
18. Simon Beaumont
19. Robert Stevenson
20. Wade Chapman
21. Shane Hodges
22. Dion Myles
23. Shannon Gibson
24. Cameron Bennett
25. Clinton Shaw
26. Stephen Jurica
27. Brad Hall
28. Daryl Griffin
29. Scott Mollard
30. Paul Lewis
31. Mark Stevens
32. Paul Barnard
33. Ben Robbins
34. Stephen Patterson
35. Aaron James
36. Julian Kirzner
37. Ash Thompson
38. David Innella
39. Jason Wild
40. Matthew Lappin
41. Kieran Sporn
42. Michael Prentice
43. Jason Heatley
44. Eugene Warrior
45. Trent Bartlett
46. David King
47. Chris Palmer
48. Matt Hopkins
49. Simon Garlick
50. Mark Merenda
51. Kristian Pascoe
52. Matthew Dent
53. Justin Mallon
54. Sedat Sir
55. Grant Tanner
56. Rayden Tallis
57. Mark Hepburn
58. Jeff Bruce
59. Craig Biddiscombe
60. Troy Polak
61. Shayne Smith
62. Graeme Wood
63. Gareth John
64. Shane Hamilton
65. Paul Mullarvey
66. Andrew Schauble

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt 2016: Stephens

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

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