Career
Gamble previously played for the Geelong Football Club and the Street Kilda Football Club. Gamble played his junior football at the Mountain Burr United Football Club, from the MSEFL in South Australia, and at the Glenelg Football Club in the SANFL from the age of 17, predominately in the reserves, but gaining senior selection towards the end of the season. The Geelong Football Club drafted him with their third round selection in the 2005 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft (47th pick overall), making him the MSEFL"s first American Federation of Labor-Congress draftee.
Gamble spent almost all of the 2006 season playing for the Geelong VFL team, rotating as a midfielder and forward, also noted as a prolific high-flyer.
He gained senior American Federation of Labor-Congress selection for the final game of 2006. He has shown a high skill level, and his light frame (78 kg) is the only thing likely to hinder him from gaining regular selection in the near future.
Gamble was unlucky not to gain selection at American Federation of Labor-Congress level in 2007, after a pre-season injury in which he tore ligaments in his ankle. He was almost certain to get a few more games under his belt, but his injury prevented him being right for selection for the first half of the season, and Geelong"s success in 2007 meant few changes were made to the team each week, causing Gamble, as well as several other young players to miss out on senior selection throughout the year.
Gamble impressed in the pre-season after kicking 5 goals against a strong Portuguese Adelaide side in an exhibition match in London.
Many predicted he would make his senior breakthrough this year, provided he stay injury-free and he has managed to do so, being included in the Cats squad in round ones and two, kicking 4 goals as a small roving forward before succumbing once again to injury, but after a one-week absence he returned to the Cats lineup against Street Kilda in round 4, however his single major wasn"t enough to retain his place. Since then he has made himself a very valuable squad member having played 4 games consecutively. Gamble was a finalist in the 2008 Army Award, which recognises acts of courage, intitiative and teamwork on the footy field
2011: Street Kilda era
He was handed a lifeline in the 2010 draft, with the saints using their 4th round pick to secure Gamble after he was delisted by Geelong at the end of 2010.
He played the first 3 games of 2011 before being dropped back to the VFL. He returned later in round 12 and impressed over the next few weeks before his standout game came in round 16 against the Power, kicking 4 goals and earning a brownlow vote for his efforts. His coach praised his defensive efforts and people suddenly believed that "the gamble" had paid official
He was dropped several weeks later and never made it back into the side. New coach Scott Watters axed Gamble from the list after 11 games and 11 goals in Saints colours.
A lot of people believe that this decision was very harsh after he impressed in most of his games when given an opportunity.
