Tom Bellchambers | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Thomas Bellchambers | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania | ||
Original team(s) | Tasmanian Devils (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 8, 2007 pre-season draft | ||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruckman / Forward | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2008–2020 | Essendon | 136 (77) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Thomas Bellchambers (born 9 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a current professional boxer. After playing for the Tasmanian Devils in the TAC Cup, he was drafted with pick 8 in the 2007 pre-season draft. He made his debut against Hawthorn in Round 11 of the 2008 AFL season. He announced his retirement from the AFL on the 15th of September 2020.
Bellchambers, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance-enhancing substance, thymosin beta-4, as part of Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his team-mates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal, [1] but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 AFL season. [2]
He announced his retirement on 15 September 2020, after 136 games.
On 24/05/23 Bellchambers made his professional boxing debut Vs Cameron Mooney in Melbourne, Bellchambers won by KO in the 3rd round. The fight was in the heavyweight division.
Bellchambers professional boxing record is 1-0. (1 by KO)
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2008 | Essendon | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
2009 | Essendon | 44 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 |
2010 | Essendon | 44 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 23 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 1.6 |
2011 | Essendon | 44 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 68 | 72 | 140 | 44 | 18 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 3.4 | 1.4 |
2012 | Essendon | 44 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 113 | 73 | 186 | 77 | 21 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
2013 | Essendon | 2 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 113 | 72 | 185 | 72 | 23 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 1.3 |
2014 | Essendon | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 74 | 29 | 14 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 1.8 |
2015 | Essendon | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 46 | 98 | 36 | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
2017 | Essendon | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 65 | 151 | 55 | 38 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 |
2018 | Essendon | 2 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 138 | 91 | 229 | 74 | 29 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
2019 | Essendon | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 105 | 75 | 180 | 52 | 30 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 11.3 | 3.3 | 1.9 |
Career | 129 | 76 | 50 | 755 | 593 | 1348 | 485 | 210 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 1.6 |
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