Sam Durdin (born 6 June 1996) is a professional

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er played for the and

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in the

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(AFL).

AFL Career

Durdin was originally drafted by

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in the

(AFL) with their first selection and sixteenth overall in the 2014 national draft. He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against at

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in round three of the 2017 season. Durdin was delisted by at the end of the

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after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list. Following his delisting he signed for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. Durdin was selected by the Carlton Football Club with their first selection in the 2022 mid season draft. He would play only 2 games for the Blues as a back up defender. Durdin was delisted at the end of the 2024 and moved over to VFL club Box Hill Hawks for the 2025 season.

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* * 1996 births Living people North Melbourne Football Club players Carlton Football Club players West Adelaide Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub