LUKE DARCY

'Luke Darcy' (born July 12, 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Western Bulldogs.
Debuting in 1994, Darcy is regarded as one of the Bulldogs' most successful ruckmen/forwards. In 2001 he took out the Charles Sutton Medal, and continued to stamp his name on the game in the following seasons. The following season, he and Michael Voss were the first players to be awarded the Leigh Matthews Trophy as AFL Players Association MVP¹. In 2004 he was the Western Bulldogs leading goalkicker.
In 2005 against Geelong, Darcy suffered a season-ending knee injury when he twisted it, which deprived the Bulldogs of a quality tall-forward option, something they missed during the year.
On December 20, 2005 during the final pre-season training session before the Christmas holidays, Darcy re-injured the ACL during an awful fall which slightly dislocated the knee, which meant that he would miss the entire 2006 season. The Bulldogs finished the season in sixth place, the first time the club had made the finals in six years. He had been part of a Bulldogs casualty list that included four ACL injuries during the season (up until only the Round 9 mark). During his time on the sideline, he provided special comments for Network Ten's AFL coverage. Darcy is also a panelist on Fox Footy's Fox League Teams show.
Darcy is married to Rebecca and they have three children - Sam, Sienna and Will.
His father David was also a footballer for the Bulldogs.
On 2 August 2007 Darcy annouced that he would retire at the end of the 2007 AFL season.^[1]

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¹The AFL MVP award dates back to 1982, when the league was still the Victorian Football League (VFL), but the Leigh Matthews Trophy was only created in 2002. All prior VFL/AFL MVPs were retrospectively given the Leigh Matthews Trophy in 2005.