Clay Cameron

Australian rules footballer

Clay Cameron
Personal information
Full name	Clay Cameron
Date of birth	(1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Original team(s)	Mount Gravatt (NEAFL)
Draft	No. 58, 2012 national draft
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–2016	Gold Coast	23 (5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clay Cameron (born 27 May 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Cameron was born and raised in Brisbane, where he attended Redeemer Lutheran College. He first played sport at six years of age when he joined Little Athletics and would later become a hot prospect in the track and field. In 2004-05 he would pick up two national titles in Discus but gave athletics away two years later to focus on football.^[1] Cameron grew up supporting the Geelong Cats.^[2]

Junior football

Cameron played his junior football at the Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club from the under 10s level. He progressed through the junior ranks at Mount Gravatt and was voted the second best player at the 2009 Australian Under-15 Schoolboys Championships before falling victim to osteitis pubis which kept him sidelined for the entire 2010 season. He returned in 2011 to solidify a place in the under 18 Queensland team and the Mount Gravatt seniors as a key forward. Cameron continued with his ways in the 2012 season before being told he would be taken by the Gold Coast Suns in the 2012 AFL Draft as a Queensland zone selection.^[3] He was taken with the 58th pick in the draft.

AFL career

Cameron made his AFL debut against Richmond in round 1 of the 2014 season.^[4] At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted by Gold Coast.^[5]

Statistics

^[6]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2013	Gold Coast	27	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	Gold Coast	27	9	1	2	40	27	67	22	21	0.1	0.2	4.4	3.0	7.4	2.4	2.3
2015	Gold Coast	27	6	0	0	19	9	28	11	10	0.0	0.0	3.2	1.5	4.7	1.8	1.7
2016	Gold Coast	27	8	4	0	42	53	95	36	26	0.5	0.0	5.3	6.6	11.9	4.5	3.3
Career			23	5	2	101	89	190	69	57	0.2	0.1	4.4	3.9	8.3	3.0	2.5

References

^ Davidson, Brad (16 October 2012). "Gold Coast snares key position talent Clay Cameron".
^ "Mt.Gravatt's Clay Cameron is the final nomination for the 2011 NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award". AFLQ.com.au. 2011.
^ "Cameron 'disappointed' no other Queensland players selected". Sunshine Coast Daily. 10 December 2012.
^ "Gold Coast Suns Jack Martin, Sean Lemmens and Clay Cameron to play Richmond in Round 1". Herald Sun. 13 March 2014.
^ Malcolm, Alex (28 October 2016). "Suns pull the pin on tall timber with four delistings". AFL.com.au. BigPond. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "Clay Cameron stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 8 November 2016.