Brant Chambers

Brant Chambers (born 4 January 1980) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Brant Chambers
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-04) 4 January 1980
Original team(s) Gembrook/Cockatoo
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s) Full-forward
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
2000, 2012 Subiaco 21 (19)
2001–2010 Sturt 204 (672)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Northern Territory
South Australia 4 (14)
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Playing career

Chambers played junior football for Eastern Range in Victoria, later playing for Gembrook Cockatoo Football Club.[1]

In 2000 Chambers played eight matches for Subiaco in the WAFL.[2]

He played several seasons for Nightcliff in the Northern Territory Football League from 2000/01. In January 2001 he represented the Northern Territory in a match against Port Adelaide.[3]

Chambers was recruited to by Sturt in the SANFL in 2001. In 2002 he played in Sturt's premiership side. Between 2001 and 2010 he played 204 games and scoring 672 goals, seventh on the all-time list of SANFL goalkickers. He won the Ken Farmer Medal for the SANFL's leading goal kicker three times; kicking 106 goals in 2007 (the last time as of 2014 that an SANFL player has kicked over 100 goals in a season), 97 in 2008 and 80 in 2009. He left the club before the 2011 SANFL season, moving to Orange, New South Wales, where he worked as a scaffolder.[4][5][6]

In early 2012, Chambers rejoined Subiaco having not played in 2011. He made his return to league football in round five.[2][7]

References
  1. "Brant Chambers". Gembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. "Player Profile - Brant Chambers (Subiaco)". West Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  3. "NFC History" (PDF). Nighcliff Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  4. "Brant Chambers". Sturt Football Club. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  5. "SANFL All Time Leading Goalkickers". South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  6. Homfray, Reece (10 January 2011). "Why I called it a day: Chambo". AdelaideNow. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  7. Townsend, John (13 July 2012). "Chambers looms as Lions finals weapon". The West Australian. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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