Cam McCarthy was born on 1 April 1995, the day the Fremantle Dockers played their first game in the Australian Football League. As a kid he’d worm his way down to the fence at Subiaco for Dockers games. His dad built special chairs so Cam and his mates could see properly.
He was an excellent cricketer and never saw himself playing professional football. Always a small kid, he shot up nearly a foot in his draft year. He was working as an apprentice plumber but was suddenly on every club’s radar. It was a crack draft, with Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Kelly and Zach Merrett. Playing for Western Australia against the Victoria Country team in the national championships, McCarthy kicked the winning goal on the siren.
