Cameron Hitchcock (born 3 July 1990) is a former professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

Port Adelaide Football Club Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where it is nicknamed the ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). Cameron was born on the Eyre Peninsula in the little country town of

Elliston, South Australia Elliston is a small coastal town in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula, 169 km northwest of Port Lincoln, South Australia, Port Lincoln and 641 km west of Adelaide. The township is located on Wa ...

, and lived there before moving to Adelaide with his family and attended

Sacred Heart College, Adelaide Sacred Heart College is an independent Catholic secondary school, located in the Adelaide beachside suburb of Somerton Park, South Australia and in the suburb of Mitchell Park, in South Australia, Australia. Focused on teaching in the Marist ...

. He made his debut for Port in the opening round of the 2010 NAB Cup, impressing with his pace and goal sense. In his first season, Hitchcock was elevated onto the senior list and played in 17 games, kicking 20 goals. He won Port Adelaide's best first-year player award. He was upgraded to the main list for the 2011 season. Hitchcock was delisted at the end of the 2014 season, after a string of shoulder, hamstring, and foot injuries derailed his career. In 2016, Hitchcock played for the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

(SANFL) club South Adelaide and was selected in the 2016 West End SANFL State Team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hitchcock, Cameron Living people 1990 births Australian rules footballers from South Australia Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) Glenelg Football Club players People educated at Sacred Heart College (Adelaide) 21st-century Australian sportsmen