Clayton Hinkley (born 21 February 1989) is an

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 formerly played for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represen ...

. He was selected with the 24th selection in the 2007 AFL National Draft. Hinkley was a member of Victoria Country's National Under 18s Championships side and co-captained North Ballarat in the

TAC Cup The Talent League (also known as the Coates Talent League under naming rights and previously as the NAB League and TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition based in Melbourne and run by the Australian Foot ...

A quick

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, Hinkley ranked equal second in the 20-metre sprints, third in the agility test and fourth in the shuttle run at the 2007 AFL Draft Camp. Since 2008 he has played for

Swan Districts The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb ...

in the WAFL when not selected to play in the

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. Hinkley was delisted from the Dockers on 7 September 2011, and played for

Port Melbourne Port Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-west of the Melbourne central business district, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Port Phillip, Port Phillip Local government ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

in 2012 and 2013 before playing for the Warrack Eagles in the

Wimmera Football League The Wimmera Football League is a major Australian rules country league based in Western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera region: the regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat, Victoria, A ...

in 2014. Played for Birchip-Watchem Bulls in the

North Central Football League The North Central Football League is an Australian rules football league based in North Central Victoria, Australia. History At a Delegate's meeting in April 1930 of the North Central District Football League, the following club's had withdr ...

in 2021 and 2022. Was a member of Birchip-Watchem's senior premiership team in 2022.

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* * * 1989 births Living people Fremantle Football Club players Swan Districts Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Greater Western Victoria Rebels players Port Melbourne Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub