Sam Sheldon
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Sam Sheldon | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sam Sheldon | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1989 | ||
Original team(s) | Oakleigh Chargers (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 70, 2006 National Draft, Brisbane Lions | ||
Height/Weight | 183cm / 79kg | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2009–2012 | Brisbane Lions | 43 (11) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2012 season.
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Sam Sheldon (born 3 August 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.[1][2]
Early life
Sam has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Wemba-Wemba.[3] He also grew up in Echuca, where he attended St Joseph's College from year 7 and 8.
Draft
Sheldon was drafted to the Brisbane Lions in 2006.[2] Sheldon could have opted to be drafted to Carlton Football Club under the Father-Son Rule. Sam Sheldon's father is Ken Sheldon who played for Carlton (and then for St Kilda) in a career that included 3 premierships for the "Navy Blues" in 1979, 1981, and 1982.
References
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- Use dmy dates from August 2011
- Use Australian English from August 2011
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Brisbane Lions players
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- People educated at Haileybury, Melbourne
- Oakleigh Chargers players
- Australian rules biography, 1980s birth stubs