Sam Durdin

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Sam Durdin
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Durdin in 2025
Personal information
Full name Sam Durdin
Date of birth (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 29)
Original team(s) West Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft No. 16, 2014 national draft
Debut Round 3, 2017, North Melbourne  vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Blundstone Arena
Height 198 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2015–2020 North Melbourne 22 (1)
2022–2024 Carlton 2 (0)
Total24 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 19, 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Sam Durdin (born 6 June 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer played for the North Melbourne and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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AFL Career

Durdin was originally drafted by North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) with their first selection and sixteenth overall in the 2014 national draft. [1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at Blundstone Arena in round three of the 2017 season. [2]

Durdin was delisted by North Melbourne at the end of the 2020 AFL season after a mass delisting by North Melbourne which saw 11 players cut from the team's list. Following his delisting he signed for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. [3]

Durdin was selected by the Carlton Football Club with their first selection in the 2022 mid season draft. He would play only 2 games for the Blues as a back up defender.

Durdin was delisted at the end of the 2024 AFL season and moved over to VFL club Box Hill Hawks for the 2025 season.

References

  1. Homfray, Reece (27 November 2014). "Sam Durdin gets picked at No. 16 by North Melbourne in AFL draft". The Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. "Durdin to debut". NMFC.com.au. Bigpond. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. McGowan, Marc. "Roos' massive cull: North delists ELEVEN after horror season". AFL Media. Retrieved 18 September 2020.