TOM WILLIAMS (AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALLER)

'Tom Williams' (born July 17, 1986) is an Australian rules footballer with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Drafted with the 6th pick in the 2004 AFL Draft, Williams was a late convert to Australian Rules, having been an all-round sportsman, playing representative rugby union for Queensland in U-16s and also junior rugby league.
Tom's father Steve played for the Parramatta Eels in the New South Wales Rugby League between 1975 and 1976 and was a co-founder of the Brisbane Broncos.^[1]
Williams was identified as a talent by Mark Browning, former Sydney Swan turned AFL Queensland talent manager. He was rushed into the 2004 Under 18 championships having played just 15 games of Australian rules football, from which he was taken as the Bulldogs first round pick in the draft.
Having broken his ankle three times since joining the club^[2], Williams has continually shown promise of becoming a real key position defender, giving the club plenty of reason to keep him on the list.
Williams recently made his debut against Richmond in round 4 of the 2007 AFL season where the Bulldogs registered a victory against Richmond. Willams played well enough to earn a NAB Rising Star nomination in round 18^[3].

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1. AFL Record Round 19, 2007. pg 74
2. Lange, G., Williams & Harbrow to debut, ''westernbulldogs.com.au'', April 19, 2007. Retrieved on April 23, 2007.
3. Witham, J., Williams puts his best foot forward, ''westernbulldogs.com.au'', August 8, 2007. Retrieved on August 12, 2007.

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