Sam Durdin
Australian rules footballer
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Sam Durdin (born 6 June 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sam Durdin | ||
| Born | 6 June 1996 | ||
| Original team | West Adelaide (SANFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 16, 2014 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 3, 2017, North Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Blundstone Arena | ||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2015–2020 | North Melbourne | 22 (1) | |
| 2022–2024 | Carlton | 2 (0) | |
| Total | 24 (1) | ||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
AFL career
Durdin was originally drafted by North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL) with their first selection and sixteenth overall in the 2014 national draft.[1] He made his debut in the forty-two point loss against Greater Western Sydney at Blundstone Arena in round three of the 2017 season.[2]
Durdin was delisted by North Melbourne at the end of the 2020 AFL season after a mass delisting by North Melbourne which saw 11 players cut from the team's list. Following his delisting he signed for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.[3]
Durdin was selected by the Carlton Football Club with their first selection in the 2022 mid season draft. He would play only 2 games for the Blues as a back up defender.
Durdin was delisted at the end of the 2024 AFL season and moved over to VFL club Box Hill Hawks for the 2025 season.
Statistics
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2015 | North Melbourne | 24[citation needed] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 | North Melbourne | 24 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 | North Melbourne | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 32 | 90 | 32 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2018 | North Melbourne | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | North Melbourne | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 33 | 88 | 30 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | North Melbourne | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2022 | Carlton | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Carlton | 38 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2024 | Carlton | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Career[4] | 24 | 1 | 5 | 137 | 81 | 218 | 74 | 36 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
Notes
- The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
