Campbelltown Blues Australian Football Club was an

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club competing in the

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and based out of the Sydney suburb of

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. In 2022, it merged with the South West Sydney Magpies to form the South West Sydney Blues.

History

The Campbelltown Australian Football Club formed in 1975. In 2000, they aligned with the

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

to become the Panthers. In 2002, they became the Campbelltown Kangaroos. This was later truncated to the Kangaroos. In 2007, the club reverted to their old name, the "Blues". Campbelltown players who have been recruited to play 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) include Chris Oliver (St Kilda 2001–03),

Dustin Martin Dustin Martin (born 26 June 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Martin was drafted by Richmond with the third pick in the 2009 AFL draft#2 ...

(Richmond 2010- ) and Tom Young (Collingwood 2011–12 and Western Bulldogs 2013–).Wilks, M. (2011) ''Australian football clubs in NSW''Bas Publishing. p. 145. In 2022, it merged with the South West Sydney Magpies to form the South West Sydney Blues.

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