Not to be confused with his former Richmond teammate Ben Hollands.Ben Holland (born 10 May 1977) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.A South Australian, Holland was drafted in 1994 to the Fitzroy Football Club, but chose to stay and develop in the SANFL with his local club North Adelaide for a year. He was subsequently traded at the end of the 1995 season playing his first AFL game for the Richmond Football Club in 1996.At the Richmond Football Club, where he was used as a key forward and later back, and had a stellar 2001 season holding down centre half back while the tigers finished 3rd.In 2004 he was traded to the Demons, where Holland blossomed again up forward alongside David Neitz and then at full back where he held many of the competitions best forwards goal less. He wears guernsey number 4 and is best known for being a tall and strong utility player.His physical strength has seen him also play in key backline positions, a rare feat to be able to play both ends of the field during over 200 senior AFL games and kicking 180 goals.On 31 August 2008 he played his last AFL game and subsequently retired from football.