Clay Cameron (born 27 May 1994) 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 who played for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Cameron was born and raised in

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, where he attended

Redeemer Lutheran College , motto_translation = Our hope is in Christ , established = , type = Private primary and secondary school , religious_affiliation = Lutheranism , denomination = Lutheran Church of Aust ...

. He first played sport at six years of age when he joined

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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. Cameron grew up supporting the

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Junior football

Cameron played his junior football at the

Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club, is a Brisbane based club which competed in the North East Australian Football League competition from 2011–2013 and as of 2014 is a member club of the Queensland Australian Football League., formed in 19 ...

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

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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 The Gold Coast Suns is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since th ...

in the

2012 AFL Draft The 2012 AFL draft consisted of five opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2012/13 Australian Football League off-season. These were: *2012 AFL trade week, trade period; which was held between 1 October and 26 October, and for the fir ...

as a Queensland zone selection. 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. At the conclusion of the 2016 season, he was delisted by Gold Coast.

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Clay 1994 births Living people Gold Coast Football Club players Mount Gravatt Football Club players Redland Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Brisbane