Tom Gillies

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Tom Gillies
Personal information
Full name Thomas Gillies
Date of birth (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2009–2012 Geelong 13 (1)
2013 Melbourne 02 (0)
Total15 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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).

Contents

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

[4]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals  
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds  
  H  
Handballs  
  M  
Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2009 Geelong 256002337601250.00.03.86.210.02.00.8
2010 Geelong 250
2011 Geelong 252008816410.00.04.04.08.02.00.5
2012 Geelong 255104033732690.20.08.06.614.65.21.8
2013 Melbourne 272009716500.00.04.53.58.02.50.0
Career totals1510808516547150.10.05.35.711.03.11.0

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References

  1. McGowan, Marc (16 July 2009). "Cats rookie's dream debut". Berwick News. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. Gullan, Scott (1 October 2009). "Corey Enright and Gary Ablett tie for Geelong's best and fairest". Herald Sun . Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. "Tom Gillies statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.