Cameron Venables is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL).

Venables, a defender, started his career at the Subiaco Football Club

Subiaco Football Club

The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAFL in 1901, along with North Fremantle...

 and was rookie listed by AFL club Fremantle

Fremantle Football Club

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. He crossed to Claremont

Claremont Football Club

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 for the 1998 season and at the end of the year was picked up by Collingwood in the 1999 Pre-Season Draft

1998 AFL Draft

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. After playing only three senior games in 1999 he was delisted by Collingwood and spent the next two seasons with Glenelg, before returning to Claremont.