Paul Chambers (footballer)
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Paul Chambers (born 23 June 1982) 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 with the
Werribee Football Club The Werribee Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club, based in Werribee. The club was formed in 1964 and currently plays in the Victorian Football League (VFL). It is the western-most Melbourne-based VFL club as ...
in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
, who formerly played for the
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's
Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition, and are the 2022 ...
and
Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...
. He was promoted off Geelong's rookie list in 2002 before making his debut in Round 4 of that year against St Kilda. He was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of the 2005 season in exchange for pick 35 ( Stephen Owen.) He made his debut for Sydney in Round 1, 2006 against
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. After recording zero kicks in eight of the Swans' first 12 premiership round matches, Chambers was dropped to the club's reserves team. This lack of kicks led many of the fans and Sydney's major newspaper
The Sydney Morning Herald
to give Chambers the nickname of 'The Donut King'. At Geelong he was referred to as 'Unco' and 'Sarge'. Paul Roos has referred to him as 'Sarge' in at least one media conference. At the end of the 2006 season, Chambers retired from AFL football. He then joined the VFL's Werribee Tigers in 2007.


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* 1982 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sydney Swans players Geelong Football Club players Werribee Football Club players Western Jets players Melton South Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub