Ben Beams

Ben Beams
Personal information
Full name	Ben Beams
Date of birth	(1978-08-17) 17 August 1978
Original team(s)	Glenorchy/Tassie Mariners
Draft	33rd overall, 1997 Rookie Draft (Melbourne)
Height / weight	183 cm / 76 kg
Position(s)	Small forward
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1997–2001	Melbourne	23 (17)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2001.

Ben Beams (born 17 August 1978) is an Australian rules football player who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 1999 and 2001 and the Tasmanian Devils Football club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 2002 until 2006.

AFL career

Recruited from Glenorchy, Tasmania he made his AFL debut in Round 5 of the 1999 season against Port Adelaide, and played 11 games for 9 goals in his debut year. His returns diminished in the following years and he appeared just 7 times in 2000.

2000 Grand Final appearance

He did, however, make an appearance in the Melbourne Grand Final team of that year when Cameron Bruce was forced to withdraw on the day of the game due to injury.^[1] Beams barely left the bench all day and failed to register a possession. On an unhappy day for everyone involved with the Melbourne club, the Demons were crushed by the Essendon Bombers by a score of 135 to 75.

Delisting

Beams appeared in the first two games of the 2001 season, but found himself a casualty of the Demons alarming drop in form which took them from 2nd in 2000 to 11th a year later. He appeared a total of five times during the year for four goals and was subsequently delisted at the end of the season.

Post-AFL career

Beams then moved to the Victorian Football League to play for the Tasmanian Devils, back in his home state. He later became their captain and remained with the team as of 2006.^[2] Ben quit the Devils and VFL football in 2007 and was appointed coach of the Myrtleford Football Club in 2008.^[3] In 2009 he underwent knee surgery and coached University in the Old Scholars League.

In 2011 he was announced the coach of the Glenorchy Football Club for the 2012 Tasmanian State League season. He replaced Byron Howard who left the job.

References

↑ Cats' odd man out faces the inevitable
↑ Zebras aiming for historic fourth flag Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Faded glory, Myrtleford's hard road

External links

Ben Beams's statistics from AFL Tables
Demon Wiki profile

1998 AFL rookie draft

First round	1. Luke Williams 2. Stephen Jurica 3. Dean Rioli 4. Chris Bossong 5. Brad Dodd 6. Simon Fletcher 7. George Bakoulas 8. Barnaby French 10. Mark Brown 11. Conrad Chambers 12. Paul Lindsay 13. David Round 14. Lincoln Reynolds 15. Lachlan Brown 16. Ben Marsh

Second round	17. Jamie Cann 18. Glen Bowyer 19. Winis Imbi 20. Greg Tivendale 21. Paul Maher 22. Damian Lang 23. Mark Matthews 25. Anthony Sheehan 27. Brad McMahon 28. Chad Fletcher 29. Chris Hemley 30. Craig Folino 31. Shaun Tinsley 33. Tim Davis

Third round	34. Ben Beams 35. Robert Di Rosa 36. Ben Hollands 37. Cameron Jackson 38. Scott Freeborn 39. Tarkyn Lockyer 42. Jason McPherson 43. Laurie Bellotti 44. Shaun Baxter 45. Julian Kirzner 48. Sudjai Cook

Fourth round	49. Peter Walsh 51. Lachlan Oakley 53. John Neesham 54. Shane Flynn 55. Adam Collings 59. Heath Younie 61. Wade Kingsley 64. Steven Hall 65. Matthew Bishop

Fifth round	67. Mark Johnson 70. Cameron Blight 71. Frankie Dimmatina 74. James Byrne 75. Todd Nener

Sixth round	81. Daniel Ward 86. Clint Evans 87. Marcus Barham 89. Tate Day 90. Mark Livy 91. Trent Simpson

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