Paul Cameron (Australian footballer)

Paul Peter Cameron (12 June 1904 – 31 December 1978)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Paul Cameron
Personal information
Full name Paul Peter Cameron
Date of birth (1904-06-12)12 June 1904
Place of birth Essendon, Victoria
Date of death 31 December 1978(1978-12-31) (aged 74)
Place of death Brunswick, Victoria
Original team(s) Middle Park
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1926, 1928 South Melbourne 22 (34)
1928 Carlton 02 0(4)
Total 24 (38)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1928.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cameron joined the Yarraville Football Club in 1929.[3]

Cameron won the 1934 Gippsland Football League best and fairest award, the Trood Medal, when he was captain / coach of the Rosedale Football Club,[4] after being recruited from Yarraville Football Club.[5]

Cameron was then captain / coach of Berrigan Football Club in 1935 and 1936,[6][7] leading them to the 1936 Murray Football League premiership.[8]

Notes
  1. "Paul Cameron – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. "1929 - The Smallest Man?". Sporting Globe. 5 June 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 14 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. "1934 - Trood Medal Winner". Weekly Times. 15 September 1934. p. 69. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. "1934 - Football Notes". Gippsland Times. Vic. 21 June 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. "1935 - Football". Cobram Courier. Vic. 28 March 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. "1937 - Football". Cobram Courier. Vic. 29 April 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. "1936 - Berrigan Premiers". Numurkah Leader. Vic. 22 September 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 13 January 2021 – via Trove Newspapers.
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