Tom Nicholls

Tom Nicholls
Personal information
Full name Tom Nicholls
Date of birth (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 21)
Original team Sandringham (TAC Cup)
Draft Underage recruit, Gold Coast
Height/Weight 201cm / 93kg
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 22
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011– Gold Coast 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2012 season .

Tom Nicholls is a professional Australian rules football player at the Gold Coast Football Club. He was one of the club's underage recruits, and played in the Gold Coast's first season. Nicholls made his debut in Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season, against Adelaide. During that game he played against his girlfriend's brother, Kurt Tippett.[1]

Early Life

Nicholls was born in Yarrawonga in country Victoria to Fijian parents. He completed his high school studies at St Kevin's College in Melbourne.

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Junior Football

Nicholls began playing his junior football for the Cheltenham Football Club in Melbourne. He later moved to the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup for the 2009 season. At the completion of the 2009 season, Nicholls signed for the newly formed GC17 team that would compete in the VFL for the 2010 season.

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AFL Career

Nicholls made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns against the Adelaide Crows in Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season. A knee injury kept him out of the team for the rest of the 2011 season.

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References

  1. ^ Smart, Nick (13 May 2011). "Suns' Nicholls eager to make AFL debut". 
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