Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (born 28 January 1993) is a former professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er, most recently playing for the

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in the

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(AFL), having played for the

Adelaide Football Club The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) since ...

from 2014 until 2019. He was drafted at pick 64 in the 2011 National Draft. Cam currently plays for the Wodonga Raiders in the Ovens & Murray Football League

Early life

Ellis-Yolmen was born in Adelaide, New South Wales to mother Kylie an

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from

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on the west coast of South Australia. and father Ellis-Yolmen's father of

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. He moved to

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

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when he was very young. Ellis-Yolmen played his junior football with 80 games at the

Lockleys Football Club Lockleys is an inner western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens. Australian Bureau of Statistics data from May 2021 revealed that Adelaide's western suburbs had the lowest unemployment rate in South Australia. History The area wa ...

before playing senior football with

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in the

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and

Woodville West Torrens Football Club Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clu ...

in the

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where he was noticed by recruiters from AFL club Adelaide.

AFL career

Ellis-Yolmen did not play an AFL match in his first two seasons, establishing himself in the senior side of in the

. Despite having not yet played an AFL game, he was chosen in the Australian squad in the 2013 Indigenous International Rules series against Ireland. Whilst in Ireland, Ellis-Yolmen was the subject of controversy when he posted a photo of himself holding a rifle. Ellis-Yolmen finally made his AFL debut in Round 12, 2014 against , playing as the substitute and gathering only five disposals. He was dropped to the SANFL the following week and dislocated his finger against , hindering his prospects of a recall. He did not play another AFL game in 2014, but impressed playing in the midfield in Adelaide's new reserves team, finishing fourth in the best and fairest and having the most disposals, clearances and tackles for the team. Ellis-Yolmen started 2015 in Adelaide's best lineup, showing excellent form in averaging 20 disposals in the first five rounds. Afterwards his form tapered off and he was dropped after round 15. He was delisted by Adelaide at the conclusion of the 2017 season but regained a place on their list for the 2018 season. In the 2019 Trade period the Brisbane Lions signed Ellis-Yolmen as a unrestricted free agent with the Adelaide Crows receiving a third-round compensation pick. In January 2022 Brisbane Lions moved Ellis-Yolmen to the Inactive List following his decision not to comply with the AFL's Covid vaccination requirements.

Personal life

Ellis-Yolmen's father is from

, and his mother is an

from

on the west coast of South Australia. Cam currently resides in Wodonga, working in the renewable energy sector for Next Generation Energy

Statistics

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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis-Yolmen, Cam 1993 births Living people Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Adelaide Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent Australia international rules football team players Brisbane Lions players