Luke Patten
Personal information
Full name	Luke Patten
Nickname	the General, Clarence
Born	9 January 1980 (1980-01-09) (age 29)
	Bulli, New South Wales, Australia
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	87 kg (13 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position	Fullback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1998	Illawarra Steelers	13	5	0	0	20
1999–2000	St. George Illawarra	44	13	0	0	52
2001–	Bulldogs	177	67	0	0	268
	Total	234	85	0	0	340
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2002–2009	Country Origin	3	1	0	0	4
As of 05:19, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Luke Patten (born 9 January 1980 in Bulli, New South Wales) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Bulldogs club in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. An Illawarra junior, Patten previously played for the Illawarra Steelers and the St George Illawarra Dragons. His position of choice is at fullback.

Patten has acquired the nickname General because of his surname's similarity to that of General Patton.

Patten, Sydney Roosters forward Craig Fitzgibbon and Trent Barrett are the only two former Illawarra Steelers players who are current playing the NRL. ^[1]

He was selected for Country in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009. ^[2]

[edit] Career highlights

• First grade debut: Round 3, 1998 - Illawarra v Newcastle Knights, WIN Stadium.
• NSW Game 3, 18th Man - 2009.

[edit] Awards

• Bulldogs Player of the Year - 2006.
• Bulldogs Player of the Year - 2007. ^[3]

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Luke Patten at the Bulldogs
• Luke Patten at NRL.com

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