Cameron Sutcliffe (born 23 May 1992) is a retired professional

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er who played 113 games for the

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and

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football clubs in the

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(AFL). He also played for and was captain of Port Adelaide's

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in the

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(SANFL).

Football career

Fremantle

He was recruited by

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in the 2011 National Draft, with pick #71 from

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in the

(SANFL). He was the third last player chosen in the draft and the last teenager selected. Sutcliffe made his AFL debut in Round 15,

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, against at

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. The previous week he had performed very well for in the

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(WAFL), gathering 34 possessions and kicking two goals. He played in Fremantle's first Grand Final in 2013, which saw them go down to Hawthorn by 15 points. Sutcliffe was delisted by Fremantle following the 2018 season

Port Adelaide

After being delisted by Fremantle, Sutcliffe joined Port Adelaide's reserves team (nicknamed the Magpies) in the

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as their captain for the 2019 season. He was elevated onto Port Adelaide's senior AFL list in the 2019 AFL Mid-season rookie draft, taken at pick #9. He made his AFL debut for the club in Round 17 of the 2019 season against the at

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, tasked with the job of tagging his former Fremantle teammate and good friend

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in Port's 48 point loss. Sutcliffe was delisted from the senior list at the conclusion of the

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after playing nine AFL games. He was returned to the captaincy of the Port Adelaide Magpies in 2021, as the club rejoined the competition following a COVID-19 imposed suspension in 2020, and remained in the position until the end of the 2023 season, whereupon he was replaced by Nick Moore. Sutcliffe announced his retirement from state league football at the end of the season and transitioned into development coaching at Port Adelaide in 2024. Sutcliffe has represented South Australia against Western Australia in the annual state league interstate match in 2021.

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1992 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players East Fremantle Football Club players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Peel Thunder Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) players Port Adelaide Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub