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Tom Downie - Wikipedia

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Tom Downie
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Downie
Date of birth	(1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s)	North Ballarat Rebels (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 56, 2011 national draft
Height	203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2017	Greater Western Sydney	9 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tom Downie (born 27 April 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). A ruckman standing 203 centimetres (6 ft 8 in), he was recruited by the club in the 2011 national draft with the 56th pick overall. Downie made his debut in round 20, 2013 against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval.^[1] He played a total of nine AFL games—one in 2013, seven in 2015, and one in 2016—before announcing his retirement in May 2017 in order to deal with mental health issues.^[2]

Early life

Before he started his professional football career, Downie played for Australia in the under-17 basketball world championships in 2010.^[3] He switched focus to football and played two games for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup in 2011, showing potential as a ruckman but needing time to develop into a stronger AFL player. He was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with the 56th pick in the 2011 national draft.^[4]

Career

Downie was inconsistent in 2012, playing for Greater Western Sydney's reserves side in the North East Australian Football League. He went into 2013 out of contract and in doubt over whether he'd be at the club any longer, but he improved his form and earned both an AFL debut in round 20 against Fremantle and a contract extension.^[5] In 2014 his contract was again extended, keeping him at the Giants until at least the end of 2016.^[6]

Through the rest of Downie's career, he was only ever used in the AFL as a replacement ruckman for when Shane Mumford was injured. His inexperience at the top level showed and, in general, the Giants suffered when Mumford wasn't available.^[7] Downie had been suffering from anxiety and taking medication for it, but in 2016 he decided to wean himself off of it, thinking that he had recovered and no longer needed it. In a pre-season game in 2017 Downie walked off the ground having a severe panic attack.^[8] Due to a struggle with anxiety, he was then moved to Greater Western Sydney's long-term injury list^[9] before deciding to leave football altogether.^[8]

Downie made a comeback to football in 2019, joining the Old Scotch Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). He was awarded the GT Moore Medal for the best and fairest player in Premier B, finishing with 27 votes.^[10]^[11]

He was then recruited by VFL team Williamstown and, up until the end of 2022, has played 22 games and kicked 6 goals, winning the Gerry Callahan Medal for the best and fairest player for Williamstown in 2022 and making the VFL Team-of-the-Year.

Personal life

After quitting the AFL, Downie went through a "very dark time", but he recovered and went on to work with trouble children at his local Police Citizens Youth Club and encourage men suffering from poor mental health to speak out.^[8]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season^[12]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2013	Greater Western Sydney	44	1	0	0	3	1	4	1	5	2	0.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	5.0	2.0
2015	Greater Western Sydney	44	7	2	0	15	30	45	18	26	154	0.3	0.0	2.1	4.3	6.4	2.6	3.7	22.0
2016	Greater Western Sydney	44	1	0	0	2	3	5	2	2	20	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	20.0
Career			9	2	0	20	34	54	21	33	176	0.2	0.0	2.2	3.8	6.0	2.3	3.7	19.6

References

^ Brehaut, David (9 August 2013). "GWS Giants' Tom Downie makes debut". The Courier. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ GWS ruckman retires to focus on mental health; AFL
^ "GWS big man Tom Downie club's latest debutant". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ Quayle, Emma (27 November 2011). "Done and drafted". The Age. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ Dampney, James (9 August 2013). "Debutant Downie a Giant on the up". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ Di Giorgio, Giulio. "Giants lock in two talls, including Tomlinson". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League.
^ Cordy, Neil (26 June 2015). "GWS Giants must find ways to win without ruckman Shane Mumford in the side". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Morphet, Jack (26 August 2017). "Tom Downie opens up about his battle with anxiety and depression after retiring". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ Curley, Adam (16 March 2017). "Giant placed on long-term injury list". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Downie, Defina headline B-D4, U19 B&F winners". Victorian Amateur Football Association. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "Steadman finishes 2nd in GT Moore Medal". Melbourne University Blacks Football Club. 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ Tom Downie's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

Tom Downie's profile on the official website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants
Tom Downie's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e 2011 AFL national draft
First round	1. Jonathon Patton 2. Stephen Coniglio 3. Dom Tyson 4. Will Hoskin-Elliott 5. Matthew Buntine 6. Chad Wingard 7. Nick Haynes 8. Billy Longer 9. Adam Tomlinson 10. Liam Sumner 11. Toby Greene 12. Sam Docherty 13. Taylor Adams 14. Devon Smith 15. Brandon Ellis 16. Tom Sheridan 17. Clay Smith 18. Brad McKenzie 19. Elliott Kavanagh 20. Hayden Crozier 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) 22. Josh Bootsma 23. Murray Newman 24. Henry Schade 25. Sebastian Ross 26. Todd Elton 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) 29. Alex Forster (PP) 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)
Second round	31. Jackson Merrett 32. Joel Hamling 33. Bradley Hill 34. Shane Kersten 35. Daniel Markworth 36. Rory Taggert 37. Jack Newnes 38. Jordan Kelly 39. Michael Talia 40. Tom Curran 41. Mitch Grigg 42. Jimmy Webster 43. Jordan Lockyer 44. Sam Rowe 45. Brendon Ah Chee 46. Nicholas Joyce 47. Patrick Wearden 48. Jordan Murdoch
Third round	49. Daniel Pearce 50. Jackson Paine 51. Nathan Blee 52. Josh Tynan 53. Alex Woodward 54. James Sellar 55. Matthew Arnot 56. Tom Downie 57. Tory Dickson 58. Lachie Neale 59. Nick O'Brien 60. Jay Lever 61. Alex Brown 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) 63. Ashton Hams (RP) 64. Cam Ellis-Yolmen 65. Corey Gault 66. Lincoln McCarthy
Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts 68. Beau Wilkes 69. Mitch Golby (RP) 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) 71. Cam Sutcliffe 73. Matthew Panos (RP) 74. Luke Delaney (RP) 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) 76. Jason Blake 77. Luke Breust (RP) 78. Orren Stephenson
Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín 80. Alik Magin (RP) 82. Matthew Wright (RP) 83. Nick Lower (RP) 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) 86. Jed Bews (F/S)
Sixth round	87. James McDonald 88. Alex Sexton 89. Aidan Riley (RP)
Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

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