Tom Williamson (Australian footballer)


Tom Williamson is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He made his AFL debut for the Carlton Football Club in the club's Round 3 clash with Essendon. It was a game where Williamson showed poise, despite the terrible weather at the MCG. Williamson is currently the favorite for the Brownlow Medal in 2020.

Junior football

In 2016 Williamson played TAC Cup football with North Ballarat. At the draft combine that year he scored particularly well in fitness indicators including placing first in the agility test and finishing second in the 3 km time trial.

AFL career

Williamson was drafted by with the club's fifth selection and the sixty-first overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his AFL debut in round 3 of the 2017 season in the fifteen point victory against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He recorded fifteen disposals and five tackles for the match. After playing in 14 more games, Williamson finished the season with stat averages of 12 disposals, 3 marks, 2 tackles and 1 spoil. His 2018 season did not have the same level of success, after recovering from an injury in pre-season, Tom suffered back problems which sidelined him for the rest of the year. With this, though, Tom was still able to earn a 2-year contract extension, signifying him as one of Carlton's long-term prospects.