Charlie Thomas (Australian footballer)

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Charlie Thomas
Personal information
Full name Charlotte Thomas
Date of birth (2003-09-05) 5 September 2003 (age 20)
Original team(s) Subiaco, (WAFLW)
Draft No. 3
Debut 8 January 2022, West Coast vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Tall utility
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 3
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022– West Coast 30 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Charlotte "Charlie" Thomas (born 5 September 2003) is an Australian rules footballer. She was selected by the West Coast Eagles with pick 3 in the 2021 AFL Women's draft, and made her debut in round 1 of the 2022 AFL Women's season.

Career[edit]

Thomas played 6 games for Subiaco Football Club in the WAFL Women's in 2020, and 1 game in 2021, being injured for most of that season with a fractured arm.[1][2][3]

In the 2021 AFL Women's draft, Thomas was picked by the West Coast Eagles with pick number 3.[4] The guernsey number assigned to her was number 3, which was presented to her at West Coast's 2022 AFLW season launch by Andrew Gaff, who has the number 3 guernsey on the men's team.[3]

Thomas played her first AFLW game on 8 January 2022, against Fremantle in round 1 of the 2022 season.[5] The role she plays is as a tall utility.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Charlie Thomas". WAFL. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The AFLW Draft File: Pick No. 3 – Charlie Thomas". West Coast Eagles. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Woodcock, Mitchell (8 January 2022). "AFLW 2022: West Coast draftee Charlie Thomas part of exclusive Eagles' club ahead of debut". The West Australian. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "NAB AFL Women's Draft". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ Woodcock, Mitchell; Reilly, Eliza (7 January 2022). "AFLW 2022: Fremantle Dockers name six debutants for western derby clash against West Coast Eagles". PerthNow. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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