Leon Cameron
| Leon Cameron | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leon Cameron | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1972 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Warrnambool | ||
| Height / weight | 185 cm / 82 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1990–1999 | Footscray/Western Bulldogs | 172 (68) | |
| 2000–2003 | Richmond | 84 (40) | |
| Total | 256 (108) | ||
| Coaching career3 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 2014– | Greater Western Sydney | 68 (34–34–0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2016.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Leon Cameron (born 2 September 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who is the senior coach of the Greater Western Sydney Giants (GWS) in the Australian Football League (AFL). His AFL playing career lasted from 1990 to 2003 and included 256 senior games – 172 for the Western Bulldogs and 84 for Richmond.
Cameron was recruited from South Warrnambool Football Club with the 7th selection in the 1988 National Draft for the Footscray Football Club (Bulldogs).
He played 172 games and kicked 68 goals for the Bulldogs between 1990 and 1999 and won the Charles Sutton Medal in 1993 and The Age Footballer of the Year award in 1995.
In 2000 Cameron was traded to the Richmond Football Club where he played a further 84 games and kicked 40 goals over four seasons.
After retirement Cameron returned to the Western Bulldogs as an assistant coach from 2004 to the end of 2010. In September 2010 he accepted an assistant coaching role with Hawthorn, playing an instrumental role in the club as they reached the 2012 AFL Grand Final, which was lost to the Sydney Swans. It was Cameron's first Grand Final as an AFL player or coach after three preliminary final losses as a player (two at the Western Bulldogs and one at Richmond) and another four as an assistant coach (three at the Bulldogs and one at Hawthorn).
Cameron then joined Greater Western Sydney as the senior assistant coach for the 2013 season with a contract that appoints him as senior coach from 2014.
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