1. Samuel Powell-Pepper was born on 8 January 1998 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.
11 Facts About Sam Powell-Pepper
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Sam Powell-Pepper's mother is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and his father is caucasian.
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Sam Powell-Pepper's parents separated when he was young and he lived with his father until he was eight, then spent periods with his paternal grandmother, his mother, and friends' families.
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Sam Powell-Pepper initially attended Mount Lawley Senior High School as an inaugural member of the school's Aboriginal Excellence Program, before switching to Wesley College on an indigenous scholarship.
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Sam Powell-Pepper went to school with Quinton Narkle who is his second cousin.
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Sam Powell-Pepper attended school with other future AFL players Shai Bolton and Cameron Zurhaar.
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Sam Powell-Pepper played junior football for the Mt Hawthorn Cardinals.
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In 2016, Sam Powell-Pepper made his senior debut for the East Perth Football Club during round 20 of the 2016 WAFL season going on to play all the remaining games for the year.
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Sam Powell-Pepper was drafted by the Port Adelaide Football Club with their second selection and eighteenth overall in the 2016 national draft.
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Sam Powell-Pepper made his AFL debut in Port Adelaide's twenty-eight point win against Sydney in the opening round of the 2017 season at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Sam Powell-Pepper was named that round's AFL Rising Star nominee after kicking two goals in the match, the first with his first kick in AFL football.