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A triple Subiaco fairest and best award recipient, Cam Blakemore had the singular misfortune to retire the season before the Lions won their first flag in almost half a century. He made his league debut in 1963 having served an apprenticeship in the club’s junior ranks and immediately caught the eye as a centreman of rare talent, winning a major ‘best first year player’ trophy, sponsored by a Perth radio station, in his debut season. For most of his league career Subiaco struggled, but this was scarcely Blakemore’s fault. He was regarded as providing a perfect example to youngsters on how the game should be played, and it was perhaps a touch surprising that he did not make the first of just three interstate appearances until 1970. Tragically, when Subiaco announced its ‘Greatest Team 1946-76’, with Blakemore in the centre, he was already dead, a premature victim of cancer.
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