Lachlan Murphy
Lachlan Murphy is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted by Adelaide with their third selection and thirty-eighth overall in the 2018 rookie draft. He made his debut in the twelve point loss to at Etihad Stadium in the opening round of the 2018 season.
Murphy grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Diamond Creek where he played for the Diamond Creek Junior Football Club and attended primary school at Sacred Heart in Diamond Creek, Victoria. He went to high school at Ivanhoe Grammar School. He grew up as a Collingwood Football Club supporter and was a premiership player for The Kayaks in the Diamond Valley Basketball Association men's B grade in 2015 and was also named in the all defensive team.
Lachlan was the inaugural winner of the Brent Harvey medal for best and fairest for the Northern Knights TAC cup team in 2016.
