Erin McKinnon (born 15 December 1998) is an

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 playing for St Kilda in the

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competition (AFLW). She previously played for

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AFLW career

McKinnon was drafted by

with the club's sixth selection and the forty eighth overall in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for w ...

. She made her debut in Round 1,

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, in the club's inaugural match against at

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. In June 2022, after requesting to leave

, she was traded to St Kilda.

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* * Living people 1998 births Greater Western Sydney Giants (AFLW) players Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian rules footballers from Sydney All-Australians (AFL Women's) Australian rules footballers from Sydney {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub