Brad L. Campbell
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Brad L. Campbell is an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

 in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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 (AFL).

Campbell is the son of Des Campbell, who played exactly 50 games for Melbourne in the 1970s. This meant that Melbourne were able to use the Father-Son Rule
Father-son rule
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, to secure him in the 1992 AFL Draft
1992 AFL Draft
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. He participated in their reserves premiership winning team in 1993 but didn't play a senior game that year. The following season he made his first and only league appearance, when he played in Melbourne's 77 point win over reigning premiers Essendon
Essendon Football Club
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 at the MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
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.

After leaving Melbourne, Campbell returned to the Goulburn Valley Football League
Goulburn Valley Football League
The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...

, where played for three clubs. He started at Kyabram
Kyabram Football Club
The Kyabram Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League . They are based in Kyabram, Victoria.Kyabram were a foundation club in the GVFL and have been one of the most dominant...

, where he was a member of a premiership team in 1996, then went back to Tongala
Tongala Football Club
The Tongala Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Tongala located in the north of Victoria....

. Since 2004, he had played at Mooroopna
Mooroopna Football Club
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. Initially an assistant coach, he was appointed senior coach for the 2008 season and also continued as a player.

He played some reserves football at Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 in 2001, while his younger brother Blake Campbell
Blake Campbell
Blake Campbell is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League.He is the son of Des Campbell and brother of Brad Campbell, both of whom played for Melbourne.-Sources:...

was with the club.
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