Traded #25 Cam McCarthy (Pick 14, 2013 National Draft) - Traded 2016; RIP 2024

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Height: 193cm
Weight: 83kg
D/O/B: 1/4/1995
Position: Forward

Cam was taken with pick 14 by the Giants after having excellent u18 champs with the highlight being a after-the-siren goal for Western Australia.
 
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IT’S not surprising the Giants have formed a partnership with the Sydney Thunder, they already have Simon Katich as their runner and the very talented batsman Stephen Coniglio in their midfield.

Today they’ll add another talented cricketer to the list when Cam McCarthy makes his debut against the Western Bulldogs this afternoon.

As a 17-year-old McCarthy was in the under 18 WA squad as an opening bat before choosing the Sherrin over the Kookaburra.

“I grew up loving cricket,” McCarthy said.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...-debut-on-sunday/story-fni5f7qp-1227042475342
 

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Good interview by Cam after kicking a bag of 4 against the Crows

listen to this on Audioboo
 
Geez I'm bullish about this kid. Burst out of the blocks at the start of his 2nd season but has tired. Keep in mind that he had a broken leg as a 17 year old so has started on the backfoot fitness wise.

Looking forward to see what he can do after another pre season.
 
Some moving words from Dermot Brereton, remembering his time working with Cam at the Giants.

‘Superbly brave, heroic’: Brereton shares Dockers’ grief for McCarthy​


“I got the chance to work with Cam McCarthy for a protracted period of time one-on-one when I was doing work with the Giants. It is not often that you say it, but he was just a beautiful young man,” Brereton said on SEN on Saturday.

“It moved me last night to see Alex Pearce and Nat Fyfe just breaking up. It was tremendously sad. He was just a beautiful young man who lost his way and had some issues internally. So to the McCarthy family and those who survive him, please accept our deepest commiserations.”

Brereton said as a footballer McCarthy had been “superbly brave, heroic, in the air”.

“He was the bravest in the air by far. He didn’t care if his legs would get tucked up in the player in front of him and he’d end up toppling head first. He had a desire to launch at the footy,” he said.

“Looking at it this morning, I hadn’t spoken to Cam for probably two to three years and obviously a lot has transpired in that time. But his number is still in my phone, the same number, and I looked at it, gazed at it, and thought, knowing what has happened, ‘Have we done enough? Have I spoken to him enough?’ Not that I am deep in his life, but he would call me after he left the Giants, and ask me stuff when he was at Fremantle – ‘how do you think I’m doing?’ – so he was astute to the game.”

And a moving remembrance before and after last night's Dockers-Swans game.

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