Cameron Clayton (born 5 February 1957) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
,
Melbourne
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and
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United Ki ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Clayton came to the VFL from Tasmanian club
New Norfolk
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Situated north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Highway, New Norfolk is a modern Australian region ...
and would go on to spend nine seasons in the league. Strongly built, Clayton was used mostly as a rover and came off the bench for Richmond in the
1974 Grand Final to finish his debut season a premiership player.
He joined Melbourne in 1979 and celebrated his 100th VFL game at Princes Park in the final game of the 1981 season. After managing just one game the following year he crossed to Essendon where he played in another Grand Final, this time finishing on the losing team. In a game against Carlton in 1983 he famously stole
Bruce Doull's headband, which
Tony Buhagiar
Anthony Francis "Tony" Buhagiar (born 3 October 1955) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A pint-sized rover, he made his senior debut for West Australian National Football League club Ea ...
threw into the crowd.
References
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*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing
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1957 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
Richmond Football Club players
Richmond Football Club premiership players
Melbourne Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
New Norfolk Football Club players
Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame inductees
VFL/AFL premiership players