Ben Eckermann

{{short description|Australian rules football midfielder|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Ben Eckermann

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| fullname = Ben Eckermann

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|03|12|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Sturt (SANFL) / {{AFL|PA}}

| draftpick = 51st overall, 2004
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| height = 178 cm

| weight = 79 kg

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| statsend = 2011

| years1 = 2005 – 2006

| club1 = {{AFL|PA}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (0)

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Ben Eckermann (born 12 March 1987) is an Australian rules football midfielder who played for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (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. In his fourth game Eckermann was concussed when he was bumped front-on by West Coast Eagles player Tyson Stenglein.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-05-31/stenglein-handed-one-match-ban/1583298 Stenglein handed one-match ban] The incident was seen as a precursor to stronger penalties for front-on contact to the head.{{cite web |url=http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-05-R11.html |title=Tribunal signals end of front-on bump |work=Herald Sun |date=2 June 2005 |author=Sheahan, Mike |url-status=dead |accessdate=9 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006225211/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Archive/D-05-R11.html |archive-date=6 October 2014 }} 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.[http://footystats.freeservers.com/Daily/2006trading.html 2006 Trading]