Fred Campbell (born 14 December 1979) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
Sydney and
St Kilda in the
AFL
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in 1999 and 2000.
Originally from the
Pioneer Football Club in
Alice Springs, Campbell was drafted by the Swans with the 40th selection in the
1997 AFL draft, three selections before the Swans selected future dual
Brownlow Medal
The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by t ...
ist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian, member of the Indigenous Team of the Century and 350 game player
Adam Goodes
Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...
.
After five games for Sydney in
1999
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he left the club to return home to Alice Springs. He was, however, drafted by St Kilda in the
2000 Pre-season draft, where he played a further seven games in
2000
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, before again returning to Alice Springs.
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1979 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory
St Kilda Football Club players
Sydney Swans players
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Bendigo Pioneers players
People from Alice Springs
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