Cameron Ling

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Personal information
Cameron Ling
Full name	Cameron Ling
Date of Birth	27 February 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 27)
Place of Birth	Geelong, Victoria
Recruited from	Geelong Falcons
Draft	38^th overall, 1999 Geelong Cats
Height/Weight	189cm / 94kg
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Geelong
Number	45
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2000 –	Geelong	182 (106)
¹ Playing statistics to end of Round 20, 2008 season.

Career highlights
AFL AFL Premiership Player (2007) All Australian (2007) AFL NAB Cup Pre-Season Premiership Player (2006) AFL Rising Star Nominee (2001) Geelong Football Club Geelong Best and Fairest Winner (2004) Runner-Up in Geelong Best and Fairest (2002, 2003) Third in Geelong Best and Fairest (2007) Most Determined & Most Dedicated Player Award (2005) Most Improved Player Award (2001) Community Champion Award (2003) Vice-Captain of Geelong (2007- ) Deputy Vice-Captain of Geelong (2005-2006) TAC Cup Captain of Geelong Falcons (1998) TAC Cup Team of the Year (1998)

Cameron Ling, affectionately known as Fanta Pants (born 27 February 1981) is an Australian rules football player for the Geelong Football Club of the Australian Football League.

1 Career
2 Mayor?
3 Statistics
4 References
5 External links

Career

Renowned as the best taggers in the league, Ling is noted for his red hair and regularly makes appearances on television shows such as The Footy Show and Before the Game where he was nicknamed Fanta Pants. Cameron has adopted additional nicknames such as 'the paddle pop lion', 'garfield', 'Rusty crutch','The Ginger Ninja','Spotfire' and 'Ronald McDonald' which have been inspired by his red hair. His charisma in the media has earned him his own show on Geelong station K-Rock 95.5FM. He hosts it each Wednesday night with friend and ex-Cats player 'Freshy' Tim Callan (now at the Western Bulldogs).

Throughout the 2007 season he has been praised for his work as a defensive midfielder, claiming the scalps of numerous opponents including Daniel Kerr, Peter Bell, Brent Harvey and Nick Dal Santo^[1] and was rewarded for his performances with selection in the All-Australian team on the interchange.

Mayor?

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 though, Geelong's current 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 Geelong's St Joseph's College.

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. It was an incident that may well foreshadow his pursuits after football.

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of Round 16, 2008 (19 July 2008)^[2]

Season	Team	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Marks	Handballs	Disposals
2000	Geelong	45	10	3	2	39	11	23	62
2001	Geelong	45	13	8	4	102	39	36	138
2002	Geelong	45	21	11	4	198	57	165	363
2003	Geelong	45	21	4	6	250	78	157	407
2004	Geelong	45	25	16	13	242	92	173	415
2005	Geelong	45	23	11	11	292	120	205	497
2006	Geelong	45	22	10	4	298	107	231	529
2007	Geelong	45	24	28	6	215	107	261	476
2008	Geelong	45	15	9	4	150	62	192	342
Totals			174	100	44	1954	872	1699	3653

References

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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2007)

^ Jake Niall (4 June 2007). "Cameron Ling, the revitalised redhead".
^ BigPond, AFL (13 November 2007). "Player Profile - Cameron Ling".

External links

Cameron Ling profile on the Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club
Cameron Ling's statistics from AFL Tables

Awards
Preceded by Matthew Scarlett	Carji Greeves Medal 2004	Succeeded by Joel Corey

v • d • e

Geelong Football Club – current squad

2 Harley • 3 Bartel • 4 Mackie • 5 Varcoe • 6 Ottens • 7 Taylor • 8 Hunt • 9 Kelly • 10 Tenace • 11 Corey • 12 West • 13 Lonergan • 14 Selwood • 15 Gamble • 16 D. Simpson • 17 Byrnes • 18 Djerrkura • 19 Egan • 20 S. Johnson • 21 Mooney • 22 S. Simpson • 23 Donohue • 24 Blake • 26 Hawkins • 27 Stokes • 28 D. Johnson • 29 G. Ablett • 30 Scarlett • 31 McKenna • 33 Rooke • 34 Hogan • 35 Chapman • 36 Moles* • 37 Laidler* • 39 Milburn • 40 Wojcinski • 41 Mumford* • 44 Enright • 45 Ling • Coach: Thompson

* denotes Rookie Listed players

v • d • e 2007 Geelong Cats Premiership Players

Captain: Harley \| G. Ablett \| N. Ablett \| Bartel \| Byrnes \| Chapman \| Corey \| Enright \| Hunt \| Johnson \| Kelly \| King \| Ling \| Mackie \| Milburn \| Mooney \| Ottens \| Rooke \| Scarlett \| Selwood \| Stokes \| Wojcinski Coach : Thompson

v • d • e 1999 AFL Draft

First Round Josh Fraser • Paul Hasleby • Aaron Fiora • Matthew Pavlich • Leigh Brown • Damian Cupido • Danny Roach • Joel Corey • Caydn Beetham • Luke McPharlin • Darren Glass • Robert Murphy • Travis Gaspar • David Spriggs • David Haynes • Ezra Bray

Second Round Rhyce Shaw • Brad Green • Paul Wheatley • Scott Stevens • Ezra Poyas • Daniel Foster • Jason Blake • Brett Johnson • Stephen Doyle • Cain Ackland • Brent Guerra • Adam Hunter • Jonathan Brown (F/S) • Paul Chapman • Daniel Giansiracusa • Tim Clarke • Leon Davis

Third Round Patrick Wiggins • Rhett Biglands • Mitch Hahn • Cameron Ling • Scott Homewood • David Hille • Kane Munro • Michael Clarke • Lindsay Gilbee • Shane Morrison (F/S) • Marcus Pickett • Adam Butler • Corey Enright • Chance Bateman • Ben Cunningham • Matthew Whelan

Later Rounds Ricky O'Loughlin • Andrew Mills • Clayton Lassock • Murray Pitts • Tim Hazell • Ryan O'Keefe • Steven Brosnan • Patrick Bowden • John Barnes • Richard Kelly • Mark Ainley • Ben Johnson • Shannon O'Brien • Cameron Bruce • Justin Cicolella • Ryan Hargrave • Robert Shirley • Tony Delaney • Bill Nicholls • Brett Allison • Robert Forster-Knight • Ryan Houlihan • Matthew Burton • Dale Baynes • Lindsay Smith • Ty Zantuck • Balraj Singh • Jeremy Dukes • Troy Makepeace • Nick Stone • Matthew Shir • Trent Hotton • Christian Woodley • Michael W. Clark • Andrew Merrington • Adam Mathews • Joe Allen

v • d • e 2007 All-Australian Team

Defenders Darren Glass (West Coast) • Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) • Matthew Egan (Geelong) • Darren Milburn (Geelong) • Andrew McLeod (Adelaide) • Campbell Brown (Hawthorn)

Midfielders Jimmy Bartel (Geelong) • Chad Cornes (Port Adelaide) • Kane Cornes (Port Adelaide)

Forwards Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions) • Steve Johnson (Geelong) • Brent Harvey (Kangaroos) • Cameron Mooney (Geelong) • Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle) • Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Followers Dean Cox (West Coast) • Daniel Kerr (West Coast) • Gary Ablett Jr. (Geelong)

Interchange Brendon Lade (Port Adelaide) • Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) • Joel Corey (Geelong) • Cameron Ling (Geelong)

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