Luke Brennan is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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.

He was recruited to the Hawthorn Football Club

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

 with the 8th selection in the 2002 AFL Draft

2002 AFL Draft

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. After just 19 games in 4 seasons, he has struggled at the elite level. He played 10 games in a row during the middle part of the 2005 season but has since failed to recapture that form. In that year he was also the runner-up in The AFL Footy Show

The AFL Footy Show

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's singing competition.

Brennan can play in different positions, but has had particular success as either a spoiling defender or as a strong marking half forward.

Brennan was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of the 2006 AFL season

2006 AFL season

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. He was later selected by Sydney

Sydney Swans

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 in the 2007 AFL rookie draft

2006 AFL Draft

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.

He received a Mark of the Year

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 nomination in Round 18, 2008 against the Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

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 for a courageous mark over a pack of players. At the end of the season, however, he was again delisted. He was not selected by any AFL teams and is currently playing for Old Scotch in the VAFA

Victorian Amateur Football Association

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