Clay Sampson
{{short description|Australian rules footballer, born 1976}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Clay Sampson
| image =
| fullname = Clay Sampson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|2|24|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = South Adelaide (SANFL)
| draftpick = 51st overall, 1994 AFL Draft
| height = 178 cm
| weight = 83 kg
| position =
| guernsey = 24
| statsend = 2000
| years1 = 1995–1996
| club1 = {{AFL Mel}}
| games_goals1 = 13 {{0}}(1)
| years2 = 1997–1998
| club2 = {{AFL Ade}}
| games_goals2 = 24 (16)
| years3 = 1999–2000
| club3 = {{AFL Ric}}
| games_goals3 = 27 (18)
| games_goalstotal = 64 (35)
| careerhighlights = *AFL Premiership player (1997)
}}
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.{{Ref AFL Encyc|5th|643}}
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.
- Adelaide: 1997–98, 24 games, 16 goals.
- Richmond: 1999–2000, 27 games, 18 goals.
- South Adelaide Football Club
Statistics
{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start}}
|-
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1995
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}
| 24 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 11 || 9 || 20 || 4 || 2 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 2.2 || 1.8 || 4.0 || 0.8 || 0.4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1996
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Mel}}
| 24 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 30 || 18 || 48 || 7 || 6 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 3.8 || 2.3 || 6.0 || 0.9 || 0.8
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
|style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1997†
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ade}}
| 24 || 10 || 5 || 5 || 69 || 25 || 94 || 17 || 17 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 6.9 || 2.5 || 9.4 || 1.7 || 1.7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1998
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ade}}
| 24 || 14 || 11 || 7 || 89 || 34 || 123 || 18 || 25 || 0.8 || 0.5 || 6.4 || 2.4 || 8.8 || 1.3 || 1.8
|- style="background-color: #EAEAEA"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1999
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 26 || 17 || 14 || 12 || 137 || 35 || 172 || 35 || 32 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 8.1 || 2.1 || 10.1 || 2.1 || 1.9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2000
|style="text-align:center;"|{{AFL Ric}}
| 24 || 10 || 4 || 5 || 54 || 12 || 66 || 11 || 10 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 5.4 || 1.2 || 6.6 || 1.1 || 1.0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan=3| 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
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|C/Clay_Sampson}}
{{1997 Adelaide premiership players}}
{{Knuckey Cup}}
{{1994 AFL national draft}}
{{1999 AFL pre-season draft}}
{{Southern Football League Greatest Exports Team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sampson, Clay}}
Category:Melbourne Football Club players
Category:Adelaide Football Club players
Category:Adelaide Football Club premiership players
Category:Richmond Football Club players
Category:South Adelaide Football Club players
Category:South Adelaide Football Club coaches
Category:Australian rules footballers from South Australia
Category:VFL/AFL premiership players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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