Career
Sam has Indigenous Australian heritage and his tribal ancestry can be traced to the Wemba-Wemba. He also grew up in Echuca, where he attended Street Joseph"s College from year 7 and 8. Sheldon was drafted to the Brisbane Lions in 2006.
Sheldon could have opted to be drafted to Carlton Football Club under the Father-Son Rule.
Sam Sheldon"s father is Ken Sheldon who played for Carlton (and then for Street Kilda) in a career that included 3 premierships for the "Navy Blues" in 1979, 1981, and 1982.