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Samuel Weideman (born 26 June 1997) is a former professional
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 played for and in the
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(AFL). A key forward, Weideman is tall and weighs . He played top-level football early, playing 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 ...
as a bottom-aged player. His achievements as a junior included two
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awards and national representation. Even though an ankle injury forced him to miss the majority of his final year of junior football, he was drafted by with the ninth selection in the 2015 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in 2016, making him a third-generation footballer, whereby he is the grandson of the
Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...
's 1958 premiership captain, Murray Weideman, and the son of former Collingwood player, Mark Weideman.


Early life

Weideman was born into an
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family with his grandfather, Murray Weideman, playing 180 matches for the
Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. ...
, including winning two premierships (he captained the 1958 premiership), winning three Copeland Trophies as Collingwood's
best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
, and is a member of the
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; his father, Mark Weideman, also played for Collingwood, playing 28 games. Although both his father and grandfather played for Collingwood, he grew up a passionate supporter of the
Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...
. He attended Whitefriars College, graduating year twelve in 2015, and he played his junior football with the Vermont Football Club in the Eastern Football League where he won back-to-back best and fairests after switching from a ruckman to a forward at 16 years of age. He played with the Eastern Ranges 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 ...
as a bottom-aged player in 2014, and despite an
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and an ankle stress fracture hampering his second half of the season, he played fifteen matches and kicked nineteen goals. He received a scholarship within the prestigious AFL Academy for 2015, which included playing in the curtain raiser for the
2014 AFL Grand Final The 2014 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sydney Swans and the Hawthorn Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 2014. It was the 119th annual AFL Grand Final, grand final of the Au ...
with the under-17 Australian team. Returning to the Eastern Ranges in 2015, Weideman played five matches, kicking nine goals, including five goals in one match against the
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. As part of the AFL Academy, he played two matches in April against
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(VFL) sides, and the , both at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as the 'G, is a sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the Lis ...
, in the second match, his first quarter saw him kick two goals and take five marks and he was named in the best players by ''AFL Media''. He received mid-year honours through selection with Vic Metro for the 2015 AFL Under 18 Championships, and he was named vice-captain, however a re-aggravation of his ankle injury saw him ruled out for the entire championships and the remainder of the TAC Cup season. After playing no football since May, doubts surrounded Weideman and his injuries, however Eastern Ranges talent manager, Len Villani, noted "his qualities made him a rare commodity", and the AFL Academy coach, Brad Johnson, stated "every now and then you’ll see things from him and you know with good development into the future, he’s going to turn into a really strong, consistent performer" and "the right people have seen enough already through his junior days to say he’ll be able to get back to some pretty strong fitness, work on his endurance and become a really good hit-up forward". Along with comparisons to forward,
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, and forward,
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, he was predicted to still be drafted inside the top ten in the 2015 national draft.


AFL career

After being linked to the
Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons or colloquially the Dees, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier comp ...
in the weeks leading to the 2015 national draft, Weideman was drafted by them with their second selection and ninth overall. After Melbourne declared they would take a "patient approach" with him, he played with Melbourne's affiliate team 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 ...
(VFL), the Casey Scorpions, and he kicked four goals in his debut match against along with four goals against the and three against . The match against Coburg was labelled his best for the year by Casey coach, Justin Plapp, and after kicking twenty goals from eleven matches, he made his AFL debut the next week in the twenty-nine point win against the
Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...
at the
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in round 20. His debut match was praised within the AFL industry for him "having an immediate impact" and he was labelled as "impressive", where he kicked a goal with his first kick and amassed six disposals in the first quarter, finishing with two goals and thirteen disposals. During his debut match, he suffered a corked thigh which meant he missed the forty point win against at the
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the next week. He returned in round 22 for the twenty point loss against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and he played the remaining match of the season to finish with three matches and three goals for the season. After the AFL season finished, he played in Casey's finals campaign, including the grand final loss to at Etihad Stadium. Following the conclusion of the
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, Weideman was traded to Essendon in search of more opportunities as a key forward. Weidemen played 17 games over two seasons for Essendon before being delisted at the end of the 2024 season. In 2025 Weideman returned to his roots suiting up with Vermont.https://www.zerohanger.com/former-top-10-pick-lands-with-local-club-following-essendon-exit-156358/


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weideman, Sam 1997 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Casey Demons players Eastern Ranges players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) People educated at Whitefriars College 21st-century Australian sportsmen