Samuel Powell-Pepper (born 8 January 1998) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL).

Early life

Powell-Pepper was born in

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, the son of Maureen and Steven. His mother is Aboriginal and

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and his father is caucasian. He has two full siblings and two half-brothers. His parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families. Powell-Pepper initially attended

Mount Lawley Senior High School Mount Lawley Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school in the City of Stirling, located in Mount Lawley, a northern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The school consists of three separate sub-schools: Middle School for Yea ...

as an inaugural member of the school’s Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship. He went to school with

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who is his second cousin. He also attended school with other future AFL players

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and Cameron Zurhaar. He played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals. In 2016, Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the

East Perth Football Club The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club based in Leederville, Western Australia, current playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). Formed in 1902 as the Unio ...

during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.

AFL career

Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against in the opening round of the 2017 season at the

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. He was named that round's

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nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football. In a game against Melbourne, he recorded 17 tackles, beating the club's previous record which was 16.

Statistics

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell-Pepper, Sam 1998 births Living people Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) East Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School People educated at Wesley College, Perth Torres Strait Islanders Australian people of English descent 21st-century Australian sportsmen