| Cameron Wight | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1985 | ||
| Original team(s) | Calder Cannons | ||
| Debut | Round 8, 2006, Western Bulldogs vs. Kangaroos, at Telstra Dome | ||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005–2008 | Western Bulldogs | 36 (6) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2008. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Cameron Wight (born 5 April 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.
The Western Bulldogs is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier competition. Founded in 1877 in Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, the club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before gaining entry to the Victorian Football League in 1925. The club has won two VFL/AFL premierships, in 1954 and 2016, and was runner up in 1961.
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football in Australia. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body, and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game. The league was founded as the Victorian Football League (VFL) as a breakaway from the previous Victorian Football Association (VFA), with its inaugural season commencing in 1897. Originally comprising only teams based in the Australian state of Victoria, the competition's name was changed to the Australian Football League for the 1990 season, after expanding to other states throughout the 1980s.
The son of former Collingwood player Terry Wight, he was picked in the 2002 AFL Draft at pick 49 from the Calder Cannons. [1]
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Formed in 1892 in the then-working class Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the club played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) before joining seven other teams in 1896 to found the breakaway Victorian Football League. Originally based at Victoria Park, Collingwood now plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with its training and administrative headquarters located at Olympic Park Oval and the Holden Centre.
Terry Wight is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne, Australia. The club competes in the TAC Cup and fields squads in the Under-15s, Under-16s and Under-18s. The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs. The geographic catchment area for the club is the north western suburbs of Melbourne extending to cover the Macedon Ranges area.
At the end of the 2009 season, Wight was delisted by the Bulldogs. [2]
In November 2010 it was announced that Wight would be playing at Greenvale in the Essendon District Football League under new senior coach Anthony Rock.
The Greenvale Football Club is an Australian rules football club 23 km north-west of Melbourne in the suburb of Greenvale. The club was founded in 1990 as a junior club by Les Norris. By 2005, the club was fielding fifteen teams in the Essendon District Football League.
The Essendon District Football League (EDFL) is a professional Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.
Anthony Rock is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL/AFL.
