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{{short description|Australian rules football player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Ben Fixter
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|6|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Ungarie Football Club|Ungarie]] ([[Northern Riverina Football League]])<br>[[Wagga Wagga|Wagga]] Tigers ([[Riverina Football League]])
| draftpick = No. 6 in [[1999 AFL Draft]]<br/>No. 6 in [[2005 AFL Draft|2006 Pre-season Draft]]
| height = 180 cm
| weight = 84 kg
| position = Defender
| statsend = 2007
| years1 = 2000–2005
| club1 = [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]
| games_goals1 = 27 (8)
| years2 = 2006–2007
| club2 = [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]
| games_goals2 = 27 (3)
| games_goalstotal = 54 (11)
| careerhighlights = 
}}

'''Ben Fixter''' (born 23 June 1981) is an [[Australian rules football]] player who played with the [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] and [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]] Football Clubs in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). Ben played with the [[Charles Sturt University, New South Wales|Charles Sturt University]] Football Club in the [[Farrer Football League]], a semi-professional football league based in the [[Riverina]] region of [[New South Wales]].

==AFL career==
Ben was recruited by the [[Sydney Swans]] as the number 6 draft pick in the [[1999 AFL Draft]] from the [[NSW/ACT Rams]]. He made his debut for the Swans in Round 18, 2000 against [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]. His career at Sydney was plagued by constant injury, limiting him to 27 games over four seasons. After being delisted by the Swans at the end of the 2005 season, Ben was recruited by the [[Brisbane Lions]] as the number 6 draft pick in the [[2005 AFL Draft|2006 Pre-season Draft]]. He made his debut for the Lions in Round 1, 2006 against [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]. On 22 September 2007, Ben was delisted by the Lions.

== Post AFL ==
After Ben was delisted by the Lions, [[AFLQ]] club [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador Tigers]] appointed him as Club Development Manager and player for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After the 2009 season, Ben returned to [[New South Wales]] to play for [[Ovens and Murray Football League]] club [[Albury Football Club|Albury]] in 2010 before leaving the district to play for [[Riverina Football Netball League|Riverina Football League]] club [[Coolamon, New South Wales|Coolamon]] in 2011 and [[Farrer Football League]] club Charles Sturt University in 2012.

==External links==
*{{AFL Tables|B/Ben_Fixter}}

{{2000 AFL pre-season draft}}
{{2006 AFL pre-season draft}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Australian rules footballers from New South Wales]]
[[Category:Brisbane Lions players]]
[[Category:Sydney Swans players]]
[[Category:Labrador Australian Football Club players]]
[[Category:NSW/ACT Rams players]]
[[Category:Albury Football Club players]]