Cam Ellis-Yolmen

Cam Ellis-Yolmen
Ellis-Yolmen in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
Date of birth (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Original team(s) Flinders Park (SAAFL)
Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft No. 64, 2011 national draft
Debut Round 12, 2014, Adelaide vs. Fremantle, at Patersons Stadium
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012–2019 Adelaide 39 (15)
2020–2022 Brisbane Lions 9 (3)
Total 48 (18)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2013 Australia 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2013.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Cameron Ellis-Yolmen (born 28 January 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, most recently playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL), having played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2014 until 2019. He was drafted at pick 64 in the 2011 National Draft. Cam currently plays for the Wodonga Raiders in the Ovens & Murray Football League[1]

Early life

Ellis-Yolmen was born in Adelaide, New South Wales to mother Kylie an Indigenous Australian from Koonibba on the west coast of South Australia.[2] and father Ellis-Yolmen's father of Papua New Guinea.[3] He moved to Adelaide in South Australia when he was very young.

Ellis-Yolmen played his junior football with 80 games at the Lockleys Football Club before playing senior football with Flinders Park Football Club in the SAAFL and Woodville West Torrens Football Club in the SANFL where he was noticed by recruiters from AFL club Adelaide.[4]

AFL career

Ellis-Yolmen did not play an AFL match in his first two seasons, establishing himself in the senior side of Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL.[5] Despite having not yet played an AFL game, he was chosen in the Australian squad in the 2013 Indigenous International Rules series against Ireland.[6] Whilst in Ireland, Ellis-Yolmen was the subject of controversy when he posted a photo of himself holding a rifle.[7]

Ellis-Yolmen finally made his AFL debut in Round 12, 2014 against Fremantle, playing as the substitute and gathering only five disposals.[8] He was dropped to the SANFL the following week and dislocated his finger against Central District, hindering his prospects of a recall.[9] He did not play another AFL game in 2014, but impressed playing in the midfield in Adelaide's new reserves team, finishing fourth in the best and fairest and having the most disposals, clearances and tackles for the team.[10]

Ellis-Yolmen started 2015 in Adelaide's best lineup, showing excellent form in averaging 20 disposals in the first five rounds. Afterwards his form tapered off and he was dropped after round 15.[5]

He was delisted by Adelaide at the conclusion of the 2017 season[11] but regained a place on their list for the 2018 season.

In the 2019 Trade period the Brisbane Lions signed Ellis-Yolmen as an unrestricted free agent with the Adelaide Crows receiving a third-round compensation pick.

In January 2022 Brisbane Lions moved Ellis-Yolmen to the Inactive List following his decision not to comply with the AFL's Covid vaccination requirements.[12]

Personal life

Ellis-Yolmen's father is from Papua New Guinea, and his mother is an Indigenous Australian from Koonibba on the west coast of South Australia. Cam currently resides in Wodonga, working in the renewable energy sector for Next Generation Energy[2]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of Round 21 2020[13]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 Adelaide 28 1 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 0.0
2015 Adelaide 28 11 3 5 91 85 176 23 53 0.3 0.5 8.3 7.7 16.0 2.1 4.8
2016 Adelaide 28 2 4 3 14 17 31 7 9 2.0 1.5 7.0 8.5 15.5 3.5 4.5
2018 Adelaide 28 15 6 3 134 168 302 46 82 0.4 0.2 8.9 11.2 20.1 3.1 5.5
2019 Adelaide 28 10 2 2 100 135 235 29 56 0.2 0.2 10.0 13.5 23.5 2.9 5.6
2020 Brisbane Lions 28 9 3 2 50 48 98 18 23 0.3 0.2 5.6 5.3 10.9 2.0 2.6
2021 Brisbane Lions 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career 48 18 15 391 456 847 124 221 0.3 0.3 8.1 9.5 17.6 2.5 4.6

References

  1. ^ Gill, Katrina (25 November 2011). "Sky's the limit". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Footballer and Painter", Our Sporting Life SA, 31 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ Sky's the limit by Katrina Gill for Adelaide Football Club 25 November 2011
  4. ^ AFL DRAFTEES
  5. ^ a b "Cam Ellis-Yolmen - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ^ McInerney, Sam (16 October 2013). "Who is Cameron Ellis-Yolmen?". AFLplayers.com.au. AFL Players Association. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. ^ Rucci, Michelangelo (18 October 2013). "Young Crow Cameron Ellis-Yolmen posts social media picture while visiting gun shop in Ireland". The Advertiser.
  8. ^ Capel, Andrew (9 June 2014). "Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson says Brad Crouch isn't ready to return to AFL yet". The Advertiser.
  9. ^ Capel, Andrew (19 June 2014). "Young Adelaide Crows midfielder Cam Ellis-Yolmen ruled out for up to a fortnight with finger injury". The Advertiser.
  10. ^ Capel, Andrew (12 December 2014). "Crow Cam Ellis-Yolmen under pressure to prove himself in 2015". The Advertiser.
  11. ^ "List lodgement update". AFC.com.au. Bigpond. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  12. ^ Niall, Jake (24 January 2022). "Brisbane Lion becomes AFL's second anti-vax player to lose list spot". The Age. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  13. ^ "AFL Tables - Cam Ellis-Yolmen statistics". AFL Tables.
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