Tom Gillies
| 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 | |||
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).
Early life
[edit]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. Gillies won the Stingrays best and fairest award in 2008.[1]
AFL career
[edit]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 the Brisbane Lions[2] 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.[3]
After playing 13 games in three seasons with Geelong, Gillies was delisted by the club at the end of the 2012 AFL season.[4] He was offered a one-year contract by Melbourne and joined the Demons ahead of the 2013 season.[5]
Gillies played just two matches for Melbourne in the middle of the 2013 AFL season under coach Mark Neeld and was delisted at the end of that season.[6]
Post AFL
[edit]In 2014 he began playing for St Mary's in the Geelong Football League (GFL).[7] Gillies had been preparing for life after the AFL taking the Victoria Police entrance exam and joining the police academy.[8]
After becoming one of the GFL's leading goalkickers, Gillies later joined the Bannockburn Football Club.[9]
Statistics
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| 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 | ||||
| 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
[edit]- ^ "Stingrays face the draft". Dandenong Star Journal. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gardiner, Gilbert (30 October 2012). "Geelong delists Tom Gillies and Orren Stephenson". Herald-Sun. Melbourne, Victoria: News Corporation Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Burgan, Matt (13 November 2012). "Gillies joins Dees". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Paxinos, Stathi (11 September 2013). "Melbourne cleanout begins with five players delisted". theage.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Things can change in the blink of an eye". AFLPA. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Damien (25 November 2018). "Bannockburn signs gun St Mary's forward". Geelong Advertiser. Geelong, Victoria. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ^ "Tom Gillies statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
External links
[edit]- 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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