Tom Downie
Williamstown and GWS
AFL career
9 games2 goals
- Debut
- R20 2013 v FRE11 Aug 2013
- Most recent
- R13 2016 v ESS19 June 2016
Stats
AFL
2016 | GWS | 1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 50 |
2015 | GWS | 7 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 56 | 67 |
2013 | GWS | 1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 27 |
VFL
2025 | WIL | 18 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 14.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 81 | 95 |
2024 | WIL | 20 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 91 | - |
2023 | WIL | 19 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 95 | - |
2022 | WIL | 16 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 101 | - |
2021 | WIL | 6 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 13.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 87 | - |
Bio
Recruited from a high-level junior basketball background, Tom Downie was a long-term project player for Greater Western Sydney who spent the bulk of his career developing his ruck craft in the reserves. A towering athlete with natural mobility, he proved to be a serviceable depth option but found himself perpetually stuck behind premier ruckmen like Shane Mumford and Jonathan Giles in the Giants' pecking order. Although he was a constant presence at the club for seven seasons, accumulating significant game time in the NEAFL, his legacy is defined less by his senior opportunities and more by his courageous decision to retire in 2017 to manage debilitating anxiety, a move that earned him immense respect and shone a necessary spotlight on the mental health pressures of elite football.
Profile
- Born
- 27 Apr 1993 (age 33y 178d)
- Height
- 203 cm
- Weight
- 99 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from a high-level junior basketball background, Tom Downie was a long-term project player for Greater Western Sydney who spent the bulk of his career developing his ruck craft in the reserves. A towering athlete with natural mobility, he proved to be a serviceable depth option but found himself perpetually stuck behind premier ruckmen like Shane Mumford and Jonathan Giles in the Giants' pecking order. Although he was a constant presence at the club for seven seasons, accumulating significant game time in the NEAFL, his legacy is defined less by his senior opportunities and more by his courageous decision to retire in 2017 to manage debilitating anxiety, a move that earned him immense respect and shone a necessary spotlight on the mental health pressures of elite football.