Cameron Ling

Cameron Ling (born 27 February 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A tagger at 1.89 metres (6 ft 2 in) and 94 kilograms (207 lb), Ling was a premiership-winning captain at the club.

Cameron Ling
Ling pictured after the 2009 AFL Grand Final
Personal information
Full name Cameron Neville Ling
Nickname(s) Lingy
Date of birth (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981
Place of birth Geelong, Victoria
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons
Draft 38th overall, 1999
Geelong
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000–2011 Geelong 246 (139)
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He is now a commentator on AFL football for the Seven Network and a special comments commentator on AFL football for radio station 3AW. In 2014, Ling will now work for one day a week during the 2014 season on the development of the North Melbourne leadership group. He is also a member of the selection panel for the AFL All-Australian team and the NAB AFL Rising Star Award.[1]

Career

Ling played junior football for the Geelong Falcons[2] as a full-forward and was drafted by his hometown club, the Geelong Football Club.

In 2007, his onfield performances were rewarded with selection in the All-Australian team on the interchange.

On 20 January 2010, Cameron Ling was announced as the team's new captain, taking over from the recently retired Tom Harley. He captained the Cats in the 2010 AFL season and the 2011 AFL season. In 2011, he captained Geelong to their third premiership in 5 years against Collingwood. He kicked the final goal of the match after a turn-over from Harry O'Brien.

Shortly after guiding the Cats to their premiership win, Cameron Ling announced his retirement on 5 October 2011.[3] Being able to nullify the opposition's best midfielder whilst managing to influence matches has made Cameron Ling regarded as one of the best ever taggers to play AFL. He was succeeded as captain by Joel Selwood.

Post playing days
Ling interviewing Neale Daniher in June 2017

In November 2011, Ling announced he would join Channel 7 in a commentary role on one of their new Saturday games. At the beginning of the 2012 Associated Public Schools of Victoria football season, Ling took up the position of Director of Football at Geelong Grammar School.

On 9 October 2013, Ling was appointed to work one day per week during the 2014 season on the development of the North Melbourne leadership group.[4]

Cameron is an Australian Apprenticeships Ambassador for the Australian Government.[5]

"Mayor" of Geelong

In what started as a joke, following the hype of the Cats drought-breaking premiership, Cameron Ling was touted as the 'mayor of Geelong', a humorous reference to the way he is idolised by Geelong people.

On Wednesday 3 October 2007 though, Geelong's then Mayor, councillor Bruce Harwood, agreed that he'd be happy to step down for Cameron. Ling's interest in politics and his intelligence is widely known, while it's been reported that he took a significant interest in local council and leadership during his days at St. Joseph's College, Geelong.

During the Premiership celebratory parade through Geelong's streets on 3 October, Ling acknowledged his title as mayor, however despite the contention it raised, was never formalised and thus more of a publicity stunt.

Personal life

In December 2012, Ling's partner Nicole Dodds gave birth to their first child, Max Neville.

Statistics
[6]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2000 Geelong 4510314526712570.30.14.52.67.12.50.7
2001 Geelong 4513831046116543300.60.28.04.712.73.32.3
2002 Geelong 452111824816741585490.50.411.88.019.84.02.3
2003 Geelong 452145280242522112530.20.213.311.524.95.32.5
2004 Geelong 4525165357235592168720.60.214.39.423.76.72.9
2005 Geelong 4523119307260567139500.50.413.411.324.66.02.2
2006 Geelong 4522103248255503131610.40.111.311.622.96.02.8
2007 Geelong 4524286215261476107691.20.29.010.919.84.52.9
2008 Geelong 4523155237309546106790.60.210.313.423.74.63.4
2009 Geelong 4522772352655001001060.30.310.712.022.74.64.8
2010 Geelong 4521912211253464761120.40.610.012.022.13.65.3
2011 Geelong 452117926519245774920.80.412.69.121.83.54.4
Career 246 139 73 2752 2526 5278 1166 780 0.6 0.3 11.2 10.3 21.5 4.7 3.2

Honours and achievements
Brownlow Medal votes
Season Votes
2000 0
2001 2
2002 12
2003 12
2004 12
2005 13
2006 6
2007 1
2008 9
2009 2
2010 2
2011 0
Total 71

References
  1. "Steven, Riewoldt up for All Australian", AFL website, 3 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. "Cameron Ling Player Profile bio". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. Top Cat bows out as Ling calls time – smh.com.au. Published 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  4. "North plots path to redemption", The Australian, 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Cameron_Ling.html
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