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Thomas Glen Joseph Wilson (born 24 June 1997) is an Australian former professional basketball player, turned Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club.

Tom Wilson
Wilson playing with Collingwood's VFL side in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Debut	Round 9, 2021, Collingwood vs. Sydney, at Sydney Cricket Ground
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current club	Collingwood
Number	12
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2019–	Collingwood	7 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life

Wilson was born in Melbourne, Victoria.[1] As a junior, Wilson played basketball for the Sandringham Sabres and the Melbourne Tigers.[2] He attended Caulfield Grammar School, and in 2012, he was a member of their Australian Schools Championship winning side.[3] He also played cricket and Australian rules football as a junior. Wilson represented Victoria in the 2013 NAB AFL U16 Championship.[4] Shortly after, Wilson was awarded a NAB AFL Level 1 scholarship.[5]

AFL career

Collingwood (2019–)

On 3 May 2019, it was announced that Wilson had signed with Collingwood in the AFL on a three-year Category B rookie contract.[6] He made his AFL debut on 15 May 2021 in Sydney against Sydney.[7] Wilson kicked his first AFL career goal in Round 4, 2022 in their 13 point loss to West Coast in Melbourne.

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[8]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2021	Collingwood	12	4	0	0	25	23	48	7	7	0.0	0.0	6.3	5.8	12.0	1.8	1.8
2022	Collingwood	12	3	2	0	15	8	23	5	2	0.7	0.0	5.0	2.7	7.7	1.7	0.7
Career			7	2	0	40	31	71	12	9	0.3	0.0	5.7	4.4	10.1	1.7	1.3

College career

Tom Wilson

Personal information
Born	(1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 25) Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Career information
High school	Caulfield Grammar School (Melbourne, Victoria) UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra
College	SMU (2016–2017)
Playing career	2014–2019
Position	Point guard
Career history
2014–2015	BA Centre of Excellence
2016	Frankston Blues
2017	Melbourne Tigers
2018–2019	Sydney Kings
Career highlights and awards
SEABL MVP (2018) All-SEABL First Team (2018) 2× SEABL Youth Player of the Year (2017, 2018)

Basketball career

Early career

Around the same time, Wilson was offered a scholarship to attend Basketball Australia's Centre of Excellence (COE) at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[9] Wilson chose to forgo the NAB AFL Level 1 scholarship[10] and accepted Basketball Australia's COE scholarship.[11] Wilson played for Basketball Australia's COE in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) in 2014 and 2015.[12][13][14]

There were a number of US colleges looking at Wilson after he played well for Australia's under-17 side when they almost beat USA in the gold medal game at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.[15] In October 2015, he committed to SMU and coach Larry Brown.[15]

During the 2015–16 NBL season, Wilson spent time with Melbourne United as a development player.[15] In 2016, he played for the Frankston Blues in the SEABL alongside his brother Jack.[15] In nine games for Frankston, he averaged 11.1 points per game.[16]

College career

In November 2015, Wilson signed with SMU.[17][18] In June 2016, Wilson joined the Mustangs ahead of the 2016–17 season.[15] However, a month later, Larry Brown resigned from his position, with Tim Jankovich taking over the head spot. In December 2016, Wilson decided to transfer from SMU.[19] In 10 games for the 10–3 Mustangs, Wilson averaged 1.6 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 0.5 assists, in just 6.1 minutes per game.[19]

In January 2017, Wilson committed to Boise State University.[20] However, in February, he made the decision to turn professional, due to NCAA rules indicating that Wilson would have to sit out a year before taking the court for the Broncos.[21][22]

Professional career

In 2017, Wilson played for the Melbourne Tigers in the SEABL. In 17 games, he averaged 19.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.[16]

On 10 August 2017, Wilson signed a three-year deal with Serbian club Partizan.[23] After a contract dispute forced him out of Partizan, Wilson spent the second half of the 2017–18 NBL season on the Sydney Kings' training roster.[24]

On 5 February 2018, Wilson re-committed to the Melbourne Tigers for the 2018 season.[25] On 15 May 2018, he was named SEABL Player of the Week for Round 6.[26] A week later, he was named SEABL Player of the Week for Round 7.[27] On 10 June 2018, he was named Player of the Month for May.[28] At the season's end, he was named the SEABL MVP alongside All-SEABL First Team and Australian Youth Player of the Year.[29]

On 19 April 2018, Wilson signed a 'one plus one' deal with the Sydney Kings, with the club holding the option on a second year.[1] He scored 10 points in 12 games during the 2018–19 NBL season.[30] The Kings took up the second-year option on 29 March 2019,[31] but on 8 April, he made the decision to cut ties with basketball and join the ranks of Australian rules football.[32][33][34]

National team career

Wilson debuted for Australia at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship, averaging 5.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. In 2014, he competed at the FIBA Under-17 World Championship and the FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship. At the FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Dubai, Wilson helped Australia reach the gold medal game, where they lost to the USA 99–92 despite a 23-point effort from Wilson.[1] For the tournament, Wilson averaged 12.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. In 2015, at the FIBA Under-19 World Championship, he averaged 6.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.[35] In March 2019, he made his debut for the Australian Boomers.[36]

References

External links

• Tom Wilson at fiba.com
• Tom Wilson at sportstg.com
• Thomas Wilson at sportstg.com
• Tom Wilson's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club

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