Luke Lowden is an 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...

 player who is currently on the Hawthorn Hawks playing list.

Lowden was chosen as pick 63 in the 2008 AFL Draft

2008 AFL Draft

The 2008 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft...

  from the Sandringham Dragons and Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School

Caulfield Grammar School is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as a boys' school, Caulfield began admitting girls exactly one hundred years later...

. He was raised on a farm near Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

 where he played junior football for the Dookie United Football Club

Dookie United Football Club

The Dookie United Football Club,the club has no nickname or mascot just "Dooks", is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Picola & District Football League.The club is based in the small Victorian town of Dookie....

. In 2010 Lowden was promoted from the Box Hill Football Club reserves to the Box Hill Football Club seniors.

External links

• Profile at Hawthorn FC