Tom Gillies
Thomas Gillies (born 7 March 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
| Tom Gillies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thomas Gillies | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Traralgon, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays | ||
| Draft |
33rd overall, 2008 Geelong | ||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full Back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009–2012 | Geelong | 13 (1) | |
| 2013 | Melbourne | 2 (0) | |
| Total | 15 (1) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early life
Tom began his career with the Traralgon-based Tedas Junior Football Club. He then went on to play with the Narre Warren Football Club which led to getting selected to play for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup.
AFL career
Gillies was selected by Geelong with the 33rd pick in the 2008 AFL Draft.
He made his debut in Round 15 of the 2009 AFL season against Brisbane[1] and played in six of the last eight games of the year. At the end of the year he was awarded Geelong's best first year player award.[2]
Post AFL
In 2014 he began playing for St Mary's in the Geelong Football League.[3]
Statistics
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2009 | Geelong | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| 2010 | Geelong | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | Geelong | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| 2012 | Geelong | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 33 | 73 | 26 | 9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 14.6 | 5.2 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | Melbourne | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| Career totals | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 85 | 165 | 47 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 11.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | ||
References
- McGowan, Marc (16 July 2009). "Cats rookie's dream debut". Berwick News. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- Gullan, Scott (1 October 2009). "Corey Enright and Gary Ablett tie for Geelong's best and fairest". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- Paton, Al (4 January 2014). "Axed, retired AFL players to line up interstate, in bush and in suburbs in 2014". Herald Sun. News Corp. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- "Tom Gillies statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
External links
- Tom Gillies's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
- Tom Gillies's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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