Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994)

Charlie Cameron
Personal information
Full name Charlie mark Cameron
Nickname(s) Chucky
Date of birth (1994-07-05) 5 July 1994
Place of birth Mount Isa, Queensland
Original team(s) Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft No. 7, 2013 Rookie Draft, Adelaide
Debut Round 9, 2014, Adelaide
vs. Collingwood, at Adelaide Oval
Height / weight 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) / 75 kg (11 st 11 lb)
Position(s) Small forward
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 23
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2014– Adelaide 49 (58)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Career highlights

Charlie Cameron (born 5 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Cameron was taken with pick 7 in the 2013 Rookie Draft.[1]

Early life

Cameron was born in Mount Isa, Queensland. He attended primary school in Mornington Island, Queensland before moving to Brisbane to attend Marist College Ashgrove.[2] As a schoolboy he played baseball, rugby union and rugby league at high levels, and played one season of Australian rules football at the age of 15. At the end of 2011, Cameron moved with his family to Newman, Western Australia and started boarding at Aquinas College in Perth.[1]

Pre-AFL career

While in Newman, Cameron was talked into playing for the local football team, the Newman Saints. He began playing club football for the first time for the Saints in 2012 and impressed so much that, towards the end of the season, he was invited to play for the Swan Districts Football Club and played three colts games. Entering his first pre-season ever with Swan Districts in 2013, he impressed the coaches so much that he earned a spot in the senior team for the first round of the 2013 WAFL season, and represented Western Australia at the 2013 AFL Under 18 Championships, which led to him being picked up by Adelaide in the rookie draft despite only having played a total of 30-40 games of Australian rules football.[1]

AFL career

Cameron showed excellent form in the SANFL early in his first season, and was rewarded with a promotion to the senior list, replacing the injured Nathan van Berlo.[3] He made his debut in round 9 against Collingwood, kicking a goal and evading a tackle to set up another.[2] Cameron went on to play seven AFL games in 2014 despite battling a groin injury, kicking nine goals including a bag of three against Fremantle in round 12.[4] At the end of the season he won the Crows' Mark Bickley Emerging Talent Award.[5]

Cameron cemented his place in Adelaide's best 22 in 2015, playing 22 games for 29 goals and 17 goal assists. Highlights included a career-best four goals against the Gold Coast in round 17, and kicking the winning goal in Adelaide's elimination final victory over the Western Bulldogs.[4] Cameron was nominated for the 2015 AFL Rising Star award for his performance against the Brisbane Lions in round 13, in which he kicked a goal and had three goal assists, five tackles and seven inside 50s.[5] At the end of the season he signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until the end of 2018.[6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of round 12, 2016[7]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2014 Adelaide 42 7 9 10 36 26 62 11 24 1.3 1.4 5.1 3.7 8.9 1.6 3.4
2015 Adelaide 23 22 29 24 151 74 225 61 62 1.3 1.1 6.9 3.4 10.2 2.8 2.8
2016 Adelaide 23 8 8 6 77 35 112 26 37 1.0 0.8 9.6 4.4 14.0 3.3 4.6
Career 37 46 40 264 135 399 98 123 1.2 1.1 7.1 3.7 10.8 2.7 3.3

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gill, Katrina (27 November 2013). "'Cheeky' Charlie's rapid rise". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club.
  2. 1 2 Wenzel, Murray (17 May 2014). "Small Mornington Island community buzzing after Charlie Cameron stars in AFL debut for Adelaide Crows". Cairns Post.
  3. ↑ Thring, Harry (13 May 2014). "Crows upgrade electrifying small forward Cameron". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League.
  4. 1 2 "Charlie Cameron - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club.
  5. 1 2 King, Travis (29 June 2015). "Charlie's star on the rise". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "New contract for Cameron". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "AFL Tables - Charlie Cameron statistics". AFL Tables.

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