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**Cameron** **Cloke**
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Personal information
Birth	20 December 1984 (age 25), Victoria
Recruited from	Park Orchards/Eastern U18
Height and weight	196cm / 103kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 5, 25 April 2004, Collingwood vs. Essendon, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Collingwood (2004-2006) 21 Games, 11 Goals Carlton (2007-2009) 36 Games, 25 Goals Total 57 Games, 36 Goals
	¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights

Cameron Cloke (born 20 December 1984) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club. He is the son of former Richmond and Collingwood champion David Cloke.

Cloke was drafted under the father-son rule in the 2002 National Draft. Like his older brother Jason, he was given time to develop at Williamstown in his first year at Collingwood. Cloke made his debut against Essendon in 2004 and played mostly as a tall forward. He played most of the first half in 2005 as a ruckman and used his size well, however his season was ended by shoulder injury. More shoulder injuries occurred for Cloke in 2006 and he only managed two senior games for the year.

Midway through his career he began to peroxide his hair blonde from his natural light brown.

Cloke and his brother were both delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2006 season but he was given a second chance at AFL level when he was selected in the pre-season draft by Carlton with their second round selection (9th pick overall).He enjoyed a great start to his career at Carlton, which saw him play a key second ruck role during the Blues' successful 2007 NAB Cup campaign.

On 9 May 2007, during a routine training drill, Cloke sustained a season-ending injury by dislocating his shoulder. Upon return in 2008, Cloke resumed his place in the Carlton ruck line-up, often playing as the first ruckman for the team or floating forward to provide a marking option.

On 6 February 2009 during an intra-club match at Visy Park, Cloke was punched and kicked in an off the ball incident by fellow team mate Setanta Ó hAilpín. O'hAilpin was suspended by the club for about a month as a result of the incident.

In 2009 Cloke moved out of the main ruck position, playing more exclusively as a tall forward who would take ruck tap-outs in the forward line. He struggled to maintain a regular position in the Carlton lineup, playing 10 games with the Blues and half of the season with Carlton's VFL-affiliate, the Northern Bullants, where he scored 39 goals in 13 games, including five in a losing grand final, to be the Bullants' leading goalkicker for the year. On 24 August 24 2009, Cloke was suspended by Carlton for one game for being late to a recovery session. Cloke was delisted by Carlton on 13 November 2009.

There were talks that Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Richmond may be interested in picking up Cameron Cloke in the 2010 Preseason draft.

In the 2010 Rookie draft Cloke was picked up by Port Adelaide with their 3rd round pick(41).

[edit] External links

Cameron Cloke's statistics from AFL Tables