Ben Davis (born 19 May 1997) is a former professional

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er who played for the

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in the

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(AFL). He was drafted by the Adelaide with their final selection and 75th overall in the 2016 national draft. A member of the

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's academy as a junior, he was ineligible to be selected by the Swans under the bidding system as he did not nominate for the AFL draft before he was 18. Davis' brother,

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, was drafted by

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in 2014 and his father

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played basketball for the

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. His father's family is part of the Kusu clan, originally from Thursday Island in the

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. In 2018 Davis was Adelaide's leading SANFL goalscorer. He was delisted in October 2022 after playing 11 AFL games.

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* * 1997 births Living people Adelaide Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Australian rules footballers from Sydney People educated at Marcellin College Randwick {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub