Thomas Murphy (footballer)

This article is about the Australian footballer. For the English footballer, see Tom Murphy (footballer).

Thomas Murphy
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Murphy
Date of birth	(1986-03-19) 19 March 1986
Original team(s)	Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 21, 2004 National Draft, Hawthorn
Height / weight	189cm / 85kg
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2005–2012 2013–2014 Total	Hawthorn Gold Coast	095 (5) 018 (0) 112 (5)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.

Thomas "Tom" Murphy (born 19 March 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast in the Australian Football League (AFL). Murphy was selected with the 21st pick in the 2004 AFL Draft and is a defender.

He spent the bulk of his debut year with the Box Hill Hawks at Victorian Football League level, but broke into the Hawthorn side for the final game of the year. In 2006 he added a further seven games and kicked his first goal.

Murphy played 18 games in 2008 and was listed as an emergency for the 2008 Grand Final. In 2008 he mainly played on the third tall forward but due to injuries to other defenders in 2009 Murphy was forced to be the full back.^[1] Prior to the 2012 AFL Grand Final between Hawthorn and Sydney, Murphy was dropped from the side and listed as an emergency to make way for the captain, Luke Hodge.

On 12 October 2012, Murphy signed a two-year contract with Gold Coast as an unrestricted free agent.

References

↑ Niall, Jake (3 June 2009) Injured Hawks ready to return

External links

Thomas Murphy's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
Thomas Murphy's statistics from AFL Tables

2004 AFL national draft

First round	1. Brett Deledio (PP) 2. Jarryd Roughead (PP) 3. Ryan Griffen (PP) 4. Richard Tambling 5. Lance Franklin 6. Tom Williams 7. Jordan Lewis 8. John Meesen 9. Jordan Russell 10. Chris Egan 11. Adam Thomson 12. Danny Meyer 13. Matthew Bate 14. Angus Monfries 15. Lynden Dunn 16. Adam Pattison 17. Andrew McQualter 18. Cameron Wood 19. Ryan Willits

Second round	20. Dean Polo 21. Thomas Murphy 22. Jesse Wells 23. Sean Rusling 24. Nathan van Berlo 25. Adam Hartlett 26. Matthew Little 27. Pat Garner 28. Chad Gibson 29. Matt Rosa 30. Andrew Lee 31. Jarred Moore 32. Brent Prismall 33. Cain Ackland 34. James Ezard 35. Fabian Deluca

Third round	36. Luke McGuane 37. Mark LeCras 38. Damien McCormack 39. Travis Cloke (F/S) 40. Ivan Maric 41. Luke Blackwell (F/S) 42. Jesse W. Smith (F/S) 43. Michael Newton 44. Mitch Morton (F/S) 45. Justin Sherman 46. Henry Slattery 47. David Spriggs 48. Nathan Ablett (F/S) 49. Mark McGough 50. Jayden Attard 51. Ben Eckermann

Fourth round	52. Dean Limbach 53. Simon Taylor 54. Stephen Tiller 55. Adam Iacobucci 56. Chris Knights 57. Brad Smith 58. Brad Moran 59. Benet Copping 59. Paul Thomas 60. Heath James 61. Matthew Egan 62. James Gwilt 63. Luke Forsyth

Fifth round	65. Mark Graham 67. Toby Stribling 68. Ben Schwarze 69. Daniel Haines 73. Chris Bryan

Sixth round	74. Daniel Pratt 77. Anthony Raso

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