David Cameron (Australian footballer)

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David Cameron
Personal information
Full name David Cameron
Date of birth (1964-04-04) 4 April 1964 (age 56)
Original team(s) Echuca
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1986 1990 Geelong 41 (71)
1991 Brisbane Bears 15 (26)
Total56 (97)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Cameron (born 4 April 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL.

Cameron came to Geelong from Echuca and had a solid second season, kicking 28 goals in 1987. That tally included a bag of eight goals against North Melbourne at the MCG to help spoil Donald McDonald and Andrew Demetriou's 100th games. He was used mostly at half forward but played as a forward pocket in the 1989 VFL Grand Final. Cameron, along with Shane Hamilton, was traded to Brisbane in return for the first selection in the 1990 AFL draft. [1] In 1991, his only season at the club, he kicked 26 goals.

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References

  1. "Cats confident in recruits". Canberra Times . ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1990. p. 24. Retrieved 18 February 2015.