Matt Campbell (Australian footballer)

Matt Campbell (born 21 January 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League from 2006 - 2012.

This article is about the former North Melbourne footballer. For the former Brisbane footballer and current commentator, see Matthew Campbell (Australian footballer).

Matt Campbell
Personal information
Full name Matt Campbell
Date of birth (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987
Original team(s) North Adelaide (SANFL)
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2007–2012 North Melbourne 82 (79)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2009 Indigenous All-Stars 1
International team honours
2008 Australia 2
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He is described as being small and lightly framed, but is a very fast player with excellent evasive skills. He once kicked 43.0 in my AFL LIVE Career.[1]

Early life

Campbell, of Indigenous Australian heritage with tribal ancestry that can be traced to the Arrente,[2] grew up in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

He began his senior football in 2005 with North Adelaide in the SANFL and played every game with the club in 2006.

Campbell was drafted by the Kangaroos and moved to Melbourne in 2006.

After being dropped from the Kangaroo's list at the end of the 2012 season, Campbell was re-recruited by North Adelaide and returned to the SANFL in 2013.[3]

North Melbourne career

Campbell made his AFL debut for the Kangaroos in Round 1, 2007 against Collingwood. He had a poor game, with only 3 possessions and was dropped for the following game against Port Adelaide, which would have seen him playing back in his home town. Round 3 saw him re-selected and gather 12 possessions as well as kicking his first AFL goal. He continued his good form with 13 possessions against the Brisbane Lions, and he kicked 2 goals in Round 5 against Geelong. Despite having only 4 kicks in Round 6 against Sydney, he kicked 3 goals; his third coming late in the final quarter when the Swans had got within four points.

Return to North Adelaide

He then returned to Adelaide to play for his original club North Adelaide for a three-year stint back at the Prospect Oval and then retired at the end of the 2014 SANFL season.

References
  1. "Kangaroos Senior Players".
  2. AFL Record. Round 9,2009. Slattery Publishing. pg 75.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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