Luke Partington (born 5 March 1997) is a former professional

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er who played for the West Coast Eagles in the

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(AFL). He was drafted by West Coast with their first selection and twenty-eighth overall in the 2015 national draft. He made his AFL debut in the sixty-eight-point win against the at

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in round 19 of the 2017 season. He tied for the best and fairest in 2018 at East Perth, West Coast's

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affiliate at the time, but was delisted by West Coast at the end of the 2018 season. For the 2019 season, Partington would move back to South Australia and join the

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in the

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. He would cap off his 2019 season by winning the league's best and fairest award, the

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. In 2021 he was selected to represent South Australian against Western Australian in their interstate match.

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* 1997 births Living people West Coast Eagles players Norwood Football Club players East Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia People educated at Immanuel College, Adelaide {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub