Clay Sampson is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 (SANFL). Clay debuted for South Adelaide

South Adelaide Football Club

South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....

 in 1994 before being drafted and going on to play 64 AFL games at three different AFL clubs.

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. Clay was appointed until the end of the 2009 season.

Clay now coaches Myponga Sellicks Football Club in the Great Southern Football League

Great Southern Football League (South Australia)

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Career

• Melbourne: 1995–96, 13 games, 1 goal.
• Adelaide
  Adelaide Crows
  The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, playing in the Australian Football League ....
  
  : 1997–98, 24 games, 16 goals.
• Richmond: 1999–2000, 27 games, 18 goals.
• South Adelaide Football Club
  South Adelaide Football Club
  South Adelaide Football Club competes in the South Australian National Football League . Known as the Panthers, their home ground is Hickinbotham Oval , located in Noarlunga Downs in the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
  
  

Player honours

• 1997 Premiership player with Adelaide
• 2003–2006 South Adelaide captain
• 2001 South Adelaide leading goalkicker

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