Clay Sampson

Clay Sampson
Clay Sampson
Personal information
Full name	Clay Sampson
Date of birth	24 February 1976 (age 48)
Original team(s)	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	51st overall, 1994 AFL Draft
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1995–1996	Melbourne
1997–1998	Adelaide
1999–2000	Richmond
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.
Career highlights
	AFL Premiership player (1997);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clay Sampson (born 24 February 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Sampson debuted for South Adelaide in 1994 before being drafted and going on to play 64 AFL games at three AFL clubs.^[1]

He returned to South Adelaide in 2001, before officially retiring in 2008. He was appointed Assistant Coach at the start of the 2008 season, before being thrust into the head coaching position, when John "Jack" Cahill resigned midway through the season. Sampson was appointed until the end of the 2009 season, finishing with a 4–28 win–loss record.

Sampson now coaches Myponga-Sellicks Football Club in the Great Southern Football League.

Career

Melbourne: 1995–96, 13 games, 1 goal.^[1]
Adelaide: 1997–98, 24 games, 16 goals.^[1]
Richmond: 1999–2000, 27 games, 18 goals.^[1]
South Adelaide Football Club

Statistics

^[2]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
1995	Melbourne	24	5	0	3	11	9	20	4	2	0.0	0.6	2.2	1.8	4.0	0.8	0.4
1996	Melbourne	24	8	1	1	30	18	48	7	6	0.1	0.1	3.8	2.3	6.0	0.9	0.8
1997†	Adelaide	24	10	5	5	69	25	94	17	17	0.5	0.5	6.9	2.5	9.4	1.7	1.7
1998	Adelaide	24	14	11	7	89	34	123	18	25	0.8	0.5	6.4	2.4	8.8	1.3	1.8
1999	Richmond	26	17	14	12	137	35	172	35	32	0.8	0.7	8.1	2.1	10.1	2.1	1.9
2000	Richmond	24	10	4	5	54	12	66	11	10	0.4	0.5	5.4	1.2	6.6	1.1	1.0
Career			64	35	33	390	133	523	92	92	0.5	0.5	6.1	2.1	8.2	1.4	1.4

Player honours

1997 Premiership player with Adelaide^[1]
2003–2006 South Adelaide captain
2001 South Adelaide leading goalkicker

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 643. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.
^ Clay Sampson's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Clay Sampson's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[e-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2003). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (5th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 643. ISBN 1-74095-032-1.

[2] Clay Sampson's player profile at AFL Tables

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