Luke Partington

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Luke Partington

| image =

| fullname = Luke Partington

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|03|05|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = {{SANFL Nor}} (SANFL)

| draftpick = No. 28, 2015 national draft

| debutdate = Round 19, 2017

| debutteam = {{AFL WC}}

| debutopponent = {{AFL BL}}

| debutstadium = Domain Stadium

| height = 181 cm

| weight = 79 kg

| position =

| years1 = 2016–2018

| club1 = {{AFL WC}}

| games_goals1 = 6 (3)

| statsend = 2018

| careerhighlights = * {{WAFL|EP}} best and fairest 2018

• Magarey Medal 2019
• Glenelg premiership 2019, 2023

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Luke Partington (born 5 March 1997) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by West Coast with their first selection and twenty-eighth overall in the 2015 national draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/news/2015-11-24/pick-28-luke-partington|title=Pick 28: Luke Partington|date=24 November 2015|work=westcoasteagles.com.au|publisher=Bigpond|access-date=2 September 2017}} He made his AFL debut in the sixty-eight-point win against the {{AFL BL}} at Domain Stadium in round 19 of the 2017 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/luke-partingtons-debut-for-west-coast-will-bring-a-mixture-of-pain-and-happiness-for-his-family/news-story/0502df9c0eed0bf32bc9c9c13f521dd7|title=Luke Partington's debut for West Coast will bring a mixture of pain and happiness for his family|last=Fjeldstad|first=Jesper|date=30 July 2017|work=The Advertiser|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=2 September 2017}}

He tied for the best and fairest in 2018 at East Perth, West Coast's West Australian Football League affiliate at the time, but was delisted by West Coast at the end of the 2018 season.{{cite news |last1=King |first1=Travis |title=Eagles part company with six players |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-22/eagles-part-company-with-six-players |access-date=27 October 2018 |work=afl.com.au |date=22 October 2018}} For the 2019 season, Partington would move back to South Australia and join the Glenelg Tigers in the South Australian National Football League. He would cap off his 2019 season by winning the league's best and fairest award, the Magarey Medal.{{Cite web|url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/partington-wins-2019-magarey-medal/|title=Partington Wins 2019 Magarey Medal|website=SANFL|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-10}} In 2021 he was selected to represent South Australian against Western Australian in their interstate match. Partington has returned to Glenelg for the 2025 SANFL season.{{Cite web|title=SANFL Selectors finalise West End State Team|url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/sanfl-selectors-finalise-west-end-state-team/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=SANFL|language=en-US}}