Charlie Thomas (Australian footballer)

Last updated

Charlie Thomas
Personal information
Full name Charlotte Thomas
Date of birth (2003-09-05) 5 September 2003 (age 20)
Original team(s) Subiaco, (WAFLW)
Draft No. 3
Debut 8 January 2022, West Coast  vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Tall utility
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 3
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2022– West Coast 30 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Charlotte "Charlie" Thomas (born 5 September 2003) is an Australian rules footballer. She was selected by the West Coast Eagles with pick 3 in the 2021 AFL Women's draft, and made her debut in round 1 of the 2022 AFL Women's season.

Contents

Career

Thomas played 6 games for Subiaco Football Club in the WAFL Women's in 2020, and 1 game in 2021, being injured for most of that season with a fractured arm. [1] [2] [3]

In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Thomas was picked by the West Coast Eagles with pick number 3. [4] The guernsey number assigned to her was number 3, which was presented to her at West Coast's 2022 AFLW season launch by Andrew Gaff, who has the number 3 guernsey on the men's team. [3]

Thomas played her first AFLW game on 8 January 2022, against Fremantle in round 1 of the 2022 season. [5] The role she plays is as a tall utility. [2]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fremantle Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of Fremantle, a stronghold of Australian rules football in Western Australia. The Dockers were the second team from the state to be admitted to the competition, following the West Coast Eagles in 1987. Both Fremantle and the West Coast Eagles are owned by the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC), with a board of directors operating Fremantle on the commission's behalf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Pratt (footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer and coach

Daniel Pratt is a former Australian rules footballer who played for both Brisbane and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL), and a former coach of West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) and West Australian Football League (WAFL) competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dana Hooker</span> Australian rules footballer

Dana Hooker is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2017 to 2019. Hooker is a dual AFL Women's All-Australian, and was the inaugural Fremantle fairest and best winner in 2017 and inaugural West Coast Club Champion in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tiah Toth</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1993)

Tiah Toth is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tayla Bresland</span> Australian rules footballer

Tayla Bresland is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beatrice Devlyn</span> Australian rules footballer

Beatrice Devlyn is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. Devlyn was recruited by Fremantle as an injury replacement player in January 2017. She made her debut in the twenty-three point loss to Adelaide at Fremantle Oval in round four of the 2017 season. She played the next week before she was omitted for the round six match against Carlton to finish with two matches for the season. She was delisted at the end of the 2017 season. She was subsequently re-drafted as a rookie by Fremantle with pick No. 16 in the 2017 rookie draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aimee Schmidt</span> Australian rules footballer

Aimee Schmidt is an Australian rules footballer playing for West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition. She previously played for Greater Western Sydney.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evangeline Gooch</span> Australian rules footballer

Evangeline Gooch is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Gooch was drafted by Fremantle with their second selection and tenth overall in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the twenty-six point loss to the Western Bulldogs at VU Whitten Oval in the opening round of the 2018 season.

Aisling Louise McCarthy is an Irish Australian rules footballer playing for Fremantle in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She became an Australian citizen in July 2022.

The 2020 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2021 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sophie McDonald</span> Australian rules footballer

Sophie McDonald is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's (AFLW). A key defender, she played state-level hockey as a junior before starting football in 2018. She made her senior debut in West Coast's inaugural AFLW team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Imahra Cameron</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1997)

Imahra Cameron is an Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Throughout her career, she has taken on a mixture of forward and midfield roles. She was West Coast's first female draftee, debuting in the club's inaugural AFLW team in the opening round of the 2020 season.

Joel Western is an Australian rules football player who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Isabella Lewis is an Australian rules footballer playing for West Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She was drafted with the third selection in the 2020 AFL Women's draft by the West Coast.

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. The 2021 AFL Women's season was their second season in that competition, their first season with Daniel Pratt as coach, and their second season with Emma Swanson as captain. They won two out of the nine games they played, their only wins being by one point against Gold Coast and 39 points against Geelong. They finished 12th out of 14 on the ladder, missing out on qualifying for finals.

Demi Liddle is an Australian rules footballer that played for the West Coast Eagles in the AFL Women's (AFLW) in their 2021 season.

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football team based in Perth, Western Australia. The 2022 AFL Women's season, which started in January 2021, is their third season in the competition. At the end of the 2021 season, West Coast delisted 10 players, gained a player via trade, a player via restricted free agency and five players at the 2021 AFL Women's draft. 2021 coach Daniel Pratt was replaced with Michael Prior, after Pratt resigned from the role.

Charlie Rowbottom is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Shanae Davison is an Australian rules footballer. She was selected by the West Coast Eagles with pick number 18 in the 2020 AFL Women's draft, and made her AFL Women's debut in round 1 of the 2021 season.

Dana East is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). East was drafted by Fremantle with their second selection, and 31st overall in the 2021 AFL Women's draft.

References

  1. "Charlie Thomas". WAFL. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "The AFLW Draft File: Pick No. 3 – Charlie Thomas". West Coast Eagles. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 Woodcock, Mitchell (8 January 2022). "AFLW 2022: West Coast draftee Charlie Thomas part of exclusive Eagles' club ahead of debut". The West Australian. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. "NAB AFL Women's Draft". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. Woodcock, Mitchell; Reilly, Eliza (7 January 2022). "AFLW 2022: Fremantle Dockers name six debutants for western derby clash against West Coast Eagles". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 January 2022.