Clay Sampson

Clay Sampson
Personal information
Full name	Clay Sampson
Date of birth	24 February 1976
Original team(s)	South Adelaide (SANFL)
Draft	51st overall, 1994 AFL Draft
Height / weight	178 cm / 78 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1995–1996 1997–1998 1999–2000 Total	Melbourne Adelaide Richmond	13 0(1) 24 (16) 27 (18) 64 (35)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2000.

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 different 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

Player honours

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

References

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.

External links

• Clay Sampson's statistics from AFL Tables