Stephen Clifton (born 27 May 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Sydney Olympic Park, which represents th ...

in the Australian Football League (AFL). Clifton, who played his junior football with Lake Wendouree before graduating to the North Ballarat Rebels and then the

North Ballarat Football Club North Ballarat Football & Netball Club, nicknamed ''The Roosters'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Mars Stadium in Ballarat. The club currently fields senior, reserve and Under 19 sides in the Ballarat Football Lea ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ...

(VFL). In 2010 he tied with

Shane Valenti Shane Valenti (born 29 January 1987) is an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Valenti was selected with the 51st selection in the 2007 NAB AFL Rookie Draft, which ...

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to win the

J. J. Liston Trophy The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football Association). It is named after J.J. Liston, a businessman, civic leader and sports administrato ...

. He was recruited by in the 2011 rookie draft, with the first pick. Clifton made his debut in round 16,

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, against at

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. After five games he was delisted at the end of the season. He returned to North Ballarat and in 2013 he won his second J. J. Liston Trophy, this time in a three-way tie with Mitch Hallahan of Box Hill and

Jordan Schroder Jordan Schroder (born 5 December 1992) is an Australian rules footballer who played for in the Australian Football League (AFL). Drafted from the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup with the 54th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft, Schroder made h ...

Geelong Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon ...

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* 1987 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) J. J. Liston Trophy winners North Ballarat Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub