Ben Eckermann (born 12 March 1987) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

midfielder who played for

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in the

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(AFL) and Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Eckermann was selected with the 51st pick in the 2004 AFL Draft and made his AFL debut in Round Seven of the

2005 AFL season The 2005 AFL season was the 109th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixt ...

. In his fourth game Eckermann was concussed when he was bumped front-on by West Coast Eagles player

Tyson Stenglein Tyson Stenglein (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Adelaide Crows and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Adelaide career Stenglein was originally recruited to the AFL by the ...

. The incident was seen as a precursor to stronger penalties for front-on contact to the head. Eckermann suffered ongoing concussion issues thereafter and did not pay another senior AFL match, and he was delisted at the end of the 2006 season.2006 Trading
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eckermann, Ben 1987 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia Living people Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Sturt Football Club players