Cameron Zurhaar

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Cameron Zurhaar
Cameron Zurhaar 2018.3.jpg
Zurhaar playing for North Melbourne in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Cameron Zurhaar
Nickname(s) Bull, Cam
Date of birth (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26)
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA)
Draft No. 11, 2017 rookie draft
Debut Round 17, 2017, North Melbourne  vs. Port Adelaide, at Adelaide Oval
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current club North Melbourne
Number 44
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017– North Melbourne 121 (162)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cameron Zurhaar (born 22 May 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is the son of successful Perth businessman Stephen Zurhaar. [1] He attended school at Wesley College in South Perth.

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He played junior football for Melville Hawks, part of the East Fremantle junior district.

AFL career

He was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2017 rookie draft. [2] He made his debut in the seventy-point loss to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval in round 17 of the 2017 season. [3]

In a Round 7 win over Carlton in 2019, Zurhaar kicked a game-high 5 goals en route to winning the Round 7 Rising Star nomination. He finished his third season at the Kangaroos having kicked 26 goals across 19 games in a breakout season. His nickname amongst the North Melbourne supporter base is the 'Bull', in response to his ferocious attack on the football.

Zurhaar was North Melbourne's leading goalkicker for the Covid-19 affected 2020 AFL season kicking 18 goals across 16 games. His 18 goals remains the equal lowest tally to win North's leading goalkicker award, tying with Stewart Anderson's record set in 1937.

Round 18 of the 2022 AFL season saw Zurhaar kick a career high six goals during North Melbourne's four point win over Richmond. [4] He kicked his 100th AFL goal in the same match. [5]

His surname is of Dutch origin. [6]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024 [7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 North Melbourne 44423221436970.50.85.53.59.02.31.80
2018 North Melbourne 445253022525140.41.06.04.410.41.02.80
2019 North Melbourne 441926121389823678621.40.67.35.212.44.13.36
2020 [lower-alpha 1] North Melbourne 441618111025315546391.10.76.43.39.72.92.40
2021 North Melbourne 442031231637223575581.61.28.23.611.83.82.91
2022 North Melbourne 441934261557122672311.81.48.23.711.93.81.63
2023 North Melbourne 441620191599925839361.31.29.96.216.12.42.32
2024 North Melbourne 4422291818712331089611.30.88.55.614.14.02.81
Career12116211795655215084133081.31.07.94.612.53.42.513

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Zurhaar". Business News. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "East Fremantle product Cameron Zurhaar earning praise at North Melbourne". The West Australian . Seven West Media. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Bowen, Nick (13 July 2017). "Cameron Zurhaar to debut". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "AFL R18 match report: Six-goal Zurhaar leads Roos to epic victory" . Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Zurhaar's career day to lift Roos to huge win".
  6. ↑ "Cameron Zurhaar all smiles".
  7. ↑ "Cameron Zurhaar's player profile at AFL Tables". afltables.com.


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