Tom Doedee

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Tom Doedee
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-01) 1 March 1997 (age 26)
Original team(s) Geelong Falcons (TAC Cup)/St Joseph's Football Club
Draft No. 17, 2015 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2018, Adelaide  vs. Essendon, at Etihad Stadium
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Key defender
Club information
Current club Brisbane Lions
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2016–2023 Adelaide 82 (3)
2024– Brisbane Lions 00 (0)
Total82 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Doedee ( /ˈduːdeɪ/ DOO-day; [1] born 1 March 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Adelaide.

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Early life

Doedee excelled as a junior basketballer from the age of six playing as a Point Guard in the Geelong Supercats junior teams. He also played junior football for St Joseph's in Geelong Football League.

He played for Victoria Country in the 2012 under-18 Australian basketball championships.

He sat out the Geelong Falcons 2014 preseason to concentrate on basketball, hoping for a possible scholarship in the United States. [2] He played for Victoria Country in the under-18 Australian basketball championships in Canberra. He averaged six points and two assists from nine games. [3]

He returned for the 2015 preseason at the Falcons but was hampered by injury and almost didn't make the cut. [4] It forced him to start the practise matches in the equivalent of a Falcons’ reserves side. However, once injury-free Doedee impressed at Centre Half Back for the Falcons and played for Victoria Country in the AFL Under 18 Championships. Doedee was also invited to the Draft Combine where he finished fifth in the agility test and ninth in the relative vertical jump. [5]

Prior to the 2015 AFL draft Doedee was regarded as the best one-on-one defender in the TAC Cup by Geelong Falcons talent manager Michael Turner [6] and was tipped to be drafted around 35-40 overall. [2]

AFL career

Adelaide (2016–2023)

Doedee was drafted by Adelaide with their second selection and seventeenth overall in the 2015 national draft. [2] In 2018, he made his debut in the twelve point loss to Essendon at Etihad Stadium in the opening round. [7] In his second match, the thirty-six point win against Richmond at the Adelaide Oval in round two of the 2018 season, Doedee recorded twenty-five disposals and six marks to earn the round AFL Rising Star nomination. [8] In 2018, Doedee extended his contract by two years (until 2021) after missing just two games of the season. He placed second in the 2018 AFL Rising Star after averaging 18 disposals and two intercept marks per match. [9] However, during the first round of the 2019 season, he ruptured his ACL in the second quarter of the 32 point loss to Hawthorn and did not return for the remainder of the season. [10] In the 2020 season, shortened to 18 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Tom played nine games but a hamstring injury ruled him out for the last seven games for the season. Tom captained the club for a couple of games due to the absence of captain Rory Sloane and vice-captain Tom Lynch. He was picked over the two other available leadership team members (Matt Crouch and Brodie Smith) and was only 23 years old with 26 games experience.

Brisbane (2024–present)

Following a 2023 AFL season in which he ruptured his ACL for a second time, Doedee exercised his rights as a restricted free agent and joined the Brisbane Lions on a four-year deal. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Adelaide Football Club (31 March 2020). "An important message from Tom Doedee". Facebook . Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Thring, Harry (24 November 2015). "Who is Tom Doedee? Crows pull a shock with pick No.17". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tom Doedee Player Profile".
  4. ↑ "AFL dreaming for Doedee". K Rock Football.
  5. ↑ "Pick No.17: Tom Doedee". afc.com.au. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Wade, Tom (19 November 2015). "AFL draft: Meteoric rise puts Tom Doedee on draft radar". Geelong Advertiser . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Young, Lachie (22 March 2018). "Tom Doedee's dad reflects on the special phone call from a fellow parent of Adelaide Crows player". Geelong Advertiser . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2018). "Crow earns Rising Star nod against premiers". afl.com.au. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Gaskin, Lee (25 September 2018). "Crows lockdown gun young defender". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Turner, Kieron (23 March 2019). "'It's just an injury', says Tom Doedee after suspected ACL". afc.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Lions sign Crow to strengthen defence, compo pick confirmed". AFL. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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