Lance Franklin, also nicknamed Buddy Franklin is an Australian rules football player born on 30 January 1987 in Perth, Western Australia.
Lance has always been a sports lover as his father and sister were sport-persons. Even his father played hockey for Victoria and later on represented the state in field hockey, and his sister played in the ANZ Championship for the team Adelaide Thunderbirds.
In senior high school, Lance was a player of Perth Football Club in 2004 and played for Western Australia in the 2004 AFL Under 18 Championships.
According to Wikipedia, Lance Played for Hawthorn (2005-2013) when he debuted in round 1 against Sydney Swans and was imprinted by pounding 27 goals in 20 games.
In 2008, Lance won his first-ever Coleman Medal and established himself as an elite football player as he jailed 113 goals against Carlton, Western Bulldogs, and St Kilda, led his name on the 2008 All- Australian Team.
In 2009, Lance got suspended for two matches because he played faul of hip-and-shoulder against Richmond midfielder Ben Cousins, but he played his 100th game before a suspension.
Lance missed three matches out of 7 because of a suspension punishment in 2010. But when Lance got back on the field, he took his team, Hawthorn, to a 50-point win with five goals against Carlton but again, Lance got suspended for a head-high bump on Sydney Swan’s defender Martin Mattner.
In the same year, Lance won Goal of the Year, and in 2011 he again won Second Coleman Medal following the Second goal of the Year award in 2013, along with the second Premiership.
Lance won the third and fourth Coleman Medal the following Year, 2014 and 2017.
Lance’s Partner is Model: Who is Jestina Franklin (Cambell)?:
Lance Franklin married former Miss Universe Australia 2010 and model Jestina Franklin (Cambell) in November of 2016.
Lance and Jestina have two children, a daughter named Tullulah, born in February 2020, and a son named Rockey, born in March 2021.
Lance was 18 when he started: What is his age now?
Lance’s age is 35 years old as of 2022, as he was born in Perth, Western Australia. Lance was born on 30 January 1987.
As Lance debuted age was 18 when he started playing season in football, he became a father at the age of 33 in 2020 for the first time.
Lance and his injuries: What Happened To Him?
Lance was first injured in 2006; he injured his ankle.
Later in 2009, Lance underwent surgery on his thumb and shoulder in the off-season as he broke his thumb and again returned to senior football.
But in 2015, Lance went through back pain which led to forming his mental illness, adding to went to a therapist, but he returned to form as Buddy Franklin.
Injuries followed him in 2018; his heel was bruised howbeit he came back after three weeks of rest, and in the same year, Lance won captaincy of the All-Australian Team.
Along with captaincy, he got into another accident of straining his left hamstring in 2019, and in 2020 he again underwent an arthroscopy on his right knee and went to rehabilitation.