Full name Stephen Clifton Name Steve Clifton Height/Weight 182 cm / 84 kg Height 1.82 m | Years Club Weight 84 kg 2012 Greater Western Sydney Career start 2011 | |
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Date of birth (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 28) Draft No. 1, 2011 Rookie Draft, Greater Western Sydney Role Australian rules football player Original team North Ballarat Football Club | ||
Stephen Clifton (born 27 May 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Clifton, who played his junior football with Lake Wendouree before graduating to the North Ballarat Rebels and then the North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 2010 he tied with Shane Valenti of Port Melbourne to win the J. J. Liston Trophy.
He was recruited by Greater Western Sydney in the 2011 rookie draft, with the first pick. Clifton made his debut in round 16, 2012, against Adelaide at Sydney Showground Stadium. After five games he was delisted at the end of the season.
He returned to North Ballarat and in 2013 he won his second J. J. Liston Trophy, this time in a three way tie with Mitch Hallahan of Box Hill and Jordan Schroder of Geelong.