Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (born 28 January 1993) is a former professional

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er, most recently playing for the

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in the

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(AFL), having played for the

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from 2014 until 2019. He was drafted at pick 64 in the 2011 National Draft. Cam currently plays for the Surfers Paradise Demons in the QAFL.

Early life

Ellis-Yolmen was born in Adelaide, New South Wales to mother Kylie an

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from

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on the west coast of South Australia."Footballer and Painter"
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. He moved to

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when he was very young. Ellis-Yolmen played his junior football with 80 games at the Lockleys Football Club before playing senior football with

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in the

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and Woodville West Torrens Football Club in the

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where he was noticed by recruiters from AFL club Adelaide.

AFL career

Ellis-Yolmen did not play an AFL match in his first two seasons, establishing himself in the senior side of in the

. Despite having not yet played an AFL game, he was chosen in the Australian squad in the 2013 Indigenous International Rules series against Ireland. Whilst in Ireland, Ellis-Yolmen was the subject of controversy when he posted a photo of himself holding a rifle. Ellis-Yolmen finally made his AFL debut in Round 12, 2014 against , playing as the substitute and gathering only five disposals. He was dropped to the SANFL the following week and dislocated his finger against , hindering his prospects of a recall. He did not play another AFL game in 2014, but impressed playing in the midfield in Adelaide's new reserves team, finishing fourth in the best and fairest and having the most disposals, clearances and tackles for the team. Ellis-Yolmen started 2015 in Adelaide's best lineup, showing excellent form in averaging 20 disposals in the first five rounds. Afterwards his form tapered off and he was dropped after round 15. He was delisted by Adelaide at the conclusion of the 2017 season but regained a place on their list for the 2018 season. In the 2019 Trade period the Brisbane Lions signed Ellis-Yolmen as an unrestricted free agent with the Adelaide Crows receiving a third-round compensation pick. In January 2022 Brisbane Lions moved Ellis-Yolmen to the Inactive List following his decision not to comply with the AFL's Covid vaccination requirements.

Personal life

Ellis-Yolmen's father is from

, and his mother is an

from

on the west coast of South Australia. Cam currently resides in Wodonga, working in the renewable energy sector for Next Generation Energy

Statistics

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis-Yolmen, Cam 1993 births Living people Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Adelaide Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football 21st-century Indigenous Australian people Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Australian people of Papua New Guinean descent Australia international rules football team players Brisbane Lions players 21st-century Australian sportsmen