Tom Green (footballer, born 2001)


Tom Green is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Green was born in Townsville, Queensland and spent the first decade of his life regularly relocating between Townsville, Toowoomba, Darwin, Melbourne and Tamworth due to his father's Army commitments. At the age of 6, he settled in Canberra where he tried an array of sports which included Australian rules football, basketball, cricket and rugby union. Green became a member of the GIANTS Academy at the age of 12 and worked his way through the local junior ranks to become an outstanding prospect in his age group. He received NAB Under-18 All Australian selection in his final year of junior football and was also nominated for the 2019 NEAFL Rising Star Award.
His grandfather, Michael, is a four-time premiership player with the Richmond Tigers and is a member of Richmond's Team of the 20th Century. While growing up in Canberra, Tom attended school at Marist College Canberra.

AFL career

used their No. 10 pick in the 2019 national draft to recruit Green. He made his AFL debut in round 1 of the 2020 AFL season.

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