Gary Cameron (born 14 June 1966) is a former
Australian rules footballer who played with
Geelong
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in the
Victorian
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(VFL) and
Australian Football Leagues.
Cameron, a
Katamatite
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recruit, who won the
Tungamah Football League best and fairest award, the Lawless Medal in 1986, played eight games for Geelong in each of his first two seasons,
1987
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and
1988.
He appeared in the final five rounds of the
1989 VFL season, but didn't take part in the Geelong's finals series.
[ After another five games in ]1990
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, Cameron left to play for South Adelaide Football Club
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(SANFL).[
Cameron was captain / coach of ]Wangaratta
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in the Ovens & Murray Football League
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in 1998 and 1999.
In 2007, Cameron briefly served as caretaker coach of South Adelaide, when coach Robert Pyman
Robert Pyman (born 6 October 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne, Collingwood and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s.
Career
AFL
A Woodville-West Torrens 'best and fai ...
was sacked. Cameron was coach for four rounds.['' The Advertiser'']
"Pyman sacked"
7 August 2007, Warren Partland.
References
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1966 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Geelong Football Club players
South Adelaide Football Club players
South Adelaide Football Club coaches
Living people