Samantha Johnson (born 6 August 1992) 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 who plays for

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in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...

(AFLW). She has previously played for St Kilda.

AFLW career

In August 2020, she was delisted by St Kilda. In June 2022, Johnson returned to the AFLW after being drafted by

. After playing three games, Johnson announced she was pregnant on September 24, and would sit out the rest of that season: she became the first ever AFLW player to play while pregnant.

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* * Living people 1992 births St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub