Cameron Zurhaar | |
Fullname: | Cameron Zurhaar |
Birth Date: | 22 May 1998 |
Originalteam: | (WAFL)/Wesley College (PSA) |
Draftpick: | No. 11, 2017 rookie draft |
Debutdate: | Round 17, 2017 |
Debutstadium: | Adelaide Oval |
Height: | 189 cm |
Weight: | 96 kg |
Guernsey: | 44 |
Years1: | 2017 - |
Games Goals1: | 121 (162) |
Statsend: | 2024 |
Careerhighlights: |
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Nickname: | Bull, Cam |
Cameron Zurhaar (born 22 May 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He is the son of successful Perth businessman Stephen Zurhaar.[1] He attended school at Wesley College in South Perth.
He played junior football for Melville Hawks, part of the East Fremantle junior district.
He was drafted by North Melbourne with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 2017 rookie draft.[2] He made his debut in the seventy-point loss to at Adelaide Oval in round 17 of the 2017 season.[3]
In a Round 7 win over Carlton in 2019, Zurhaar kicked a game-high 5 goals en route to winning the Round 7 Rising Star nomination. He finished his third season at the Kangaroos having kicked 26 goals across 19 games in a breakout season. His nickname amongst the North Melbourne supporter base is the 'Bull', in response to his ferocious attack on the football.
Zurhaar was North Melbourne's leading goalkicker for the Covid-19 affected 2020 AFL season kicking 18 goals across 16 games. His 18 goals remains the equal lowest tally to win North's leading goalkicker award, tying with Stewart Anderson's record set in 1937.
Round 18 of the 2022 AFL season saw Zurhaar kick a career high six goals during North Melbourne's four point win over .[4] He kicked his 100th AFL goal in the same match.[5]
His surname is of Dutch origin.[6]
Statistics are correct to the end of 2024[7] |-| 2017 || || 44| 4 || 2 || 3 || 22 || 14 || 36 || 9 || 7 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 5.5 || 3.5 || 9.0 || 2.3 || 1.8 || 0|-| 2018 || || 44| 5 || 2 || 5 || 30 || 22 || 52 || 5 || 14 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 6.0 || 4.4 || 10.4 || 1.0 || 2.8 || 0|-| 2019 || || 44| 19 || 26 || 12 || 138 || 98 || 236 || 78 || 62 || 1.4 || 0.6 || 7.3 || 5.2 || 12.4 || 4.1 || 3.3 || 6|-| 2020 || || 44| 16 || 18 || 11 || 102 || 53 || 155 || 46 || 39 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 6.4 || 3.3 || 9.7 || 2.9 || 2.4 || 0|-| 2021 || || 44| 20 || 31 || 23 || 163 || 72 || 235 || 75 || 58 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 8.2 || 3.6 || 11.8 || 3.8 || 2.9 || 1|-| 2022 || || 44| 19 || 34 || 26 || 155 || 71 || 226 || 72 || 31 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 8.2 || 3.7 || 11.9 || 3.8 || 1.6 || 3|-| 2023 || || 44| 16 || 20 || 19 || 159 || 99 || 258 || 39 || 36 || 1.3 || 1.2 || 9.9 || 6.2 || 16.1 || 2.4 || 2.3 || 2|-| 2024 || || 44| 22 || 29 || 18 || 187 || 123 || 310 || 89 || 61 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 8.5 || 5.6 || 14.1 || 4.0 || 2.8 || 1|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career! 121 !! 162 !! 117 !! 956 !! 552 !! 1508 !! 413 !! 308 !! 1.3 !! 1.0 !! 7.9 !! 4.6 !! 12.5 !! 3.4 !! 2.5 !! 13|}
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