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Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players of all time. During his 12-year, 238-game career with West Coast, he won several of the league's highest individual awards, including a Brownlow Medal, Most Valuable Player and a premiership medallion. He was also selected six times in the All-Australian Team and represented Australia in the International Rules Series. He was West Coast's club champion for four seasons and captain for five seasons.

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  • بين كوزينز (بالإنجليزية: Ben Cousins)‏ هو لاعب كرة قدم أسترالية أسترالي، ولد في 30 يونيو 1978 في غيلونغ في أستراليا. (ar)
  • Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players of all time. During his 12-year, 238-game career with West Coast, he won several of the league's highest individual awards, including a Brownlow Medal, Most Valuable Player and a premiership medallion. He was also selected six times in the All-Australian Team and represented Australia in the International Rules Series. He was West Coast's club champion for four seasons and captain for five seasons. Cousins' football career was marred by highly publicised off-field incidents involving recreational drug use, traffic convictions and association with criminal elements. On several occasions he was fined or sanctioned by West Coast, culminating in his contract's termination in October 2007. The following month, he was banned from AFL for one year by the AFL Commission for "bringing the game into disrepute". Amid predictions that he would remain undrafted, Richmond claimed Cousins with the last pick of the 2008 draft. He played 32 games across two seasons at the club, retiring from the AFL at the end of the 2010 season. Cousins co-produced a documentary film titled Such is Life: The Troubled Times of Ben Cousins, saying he hoped it would serve as a cautionary tale against drug use. Released days after his retirement, it went onto become "one of the most-watched documentaries in Australian history." Post-football, Cousins continued to struggle with his drug addiction and have run-ins with the law, and in 2017 he received a 12-month prison sentence for a variety of offences. (en)
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  • 1978-06-30 (xsd:date)
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  • Geelong, Victoria, Australia (en)
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  • Cousins with West Coast in 2006 (en)
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  • AFL * AFL premiership player: 2006 * Brownlow Medal: 2005 * Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2005 * 6x All-Australian team: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 * AFL Rising Star: 1996 * Goal of the Year: 1999 * International Rules Series: 1999 West Coast * Captain: 2001 , 2002–05 * 4x West Coast Club Champion: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 * Geoff Christian Medal: 2001 * Life Member: 2003 * Team 20: 2006 * Western Australian Sports Star of the Year: 2005 (en)
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  • 6 (xsd:integer)
  • Father/son selection, 1995 (en)
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  • Benjamin Luke Cousins (en)
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  • 32 (xsd:integer)
  • 238 (xsd:integer)
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  • Ben Cousins (en)
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  • 1999 (xsd:integer)
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  • Cuz, Prince of Perth (en)
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  • Midfielder (en)
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  • "It's pretty damning. There's no point putting something to air only [for Cousins] to be deregistered for life two minutes after it goes to air." (en)
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  • 1999 (xsd:integer)
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  • - Cousins' former manager Ricky Nixon on why Such is Life was not broadcast publicly until after Cousins retired (en)
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  • 2010 (xsd:integer)
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  • Ben Cousins in All-Australian teams (en)
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  • بين كوزينز (بالإنجليزية: Ben Cousins)‏ هو لاعب كرة قدم أسترالية أسترالي، ولد في 30 يونيو 1978 في غيلونغ في أستراليا. (ar)
  • Benjamin Luke Cousins (born 30 June 1978) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast and Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cousins is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the fifty greatest players of all time. During his 12-year, 238-game career with West Coast, he won several of the league's highest individual awards, including a Brownlow Medal, Most Valuable Player and a premiership medallion. He was also selected six times in the All-Australian Team and represented Australia in the International Rules Series. He was West Coast's club champion for four seasons and captain for five seasons. (en)
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  • Ben Cousins (en)
  • بين كوزينز (ar)
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