Ernie Cameron

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ernie Cameron

| image = Ernie Cameron 1907.jpg

| caption = Cameron in 1907

| fullname = Ernest James Cameron

| birth_date = 20 February 1888

| birth_place = North Melbourne, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|12|16|1888|2|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Geelong, Victoria

| originalteam = St Mary's (VMFL)

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 71 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1912

| years1 = 1905–1912

| club1 = Essendon

| games_goals1 = 114 (55)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Ernest James "Ginger" Cameron (20 February 1888 – 16 December 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was a premiership player for the club in 1911.

A rover, nicknamed "Ginger", he made his debut for Essendon in 1905. Cameron was a back-to-back Best and Fairest winner for Essendon, winning the award in 1911 and 1912. After breaking his leg during the 1912 finals series he was forced to retire from the game at just 23.

Cameron played district cricket for North Melbourne, and in 1919 he was the manager of the Australian Imperial Force Touring XI on its tour of England.Wisden 1948, p. 782.