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Thomas "Tom" Swift (born 6 July 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer listed with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Educated at Christ Church Grammar School, he originally played for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and was recruited by West Coast with the 20th pick overall at the 2008 National Draft. He made his debut for the club in the 2009 season, and played 28 games overall. ==Early life== Swift attended Christ Church Grammar School between 1996–2007 where he was the captain of the 1st XXII in 2006 and finished in the top 40 for the Beazley Medal. He was heralded as an elite young footballing talent at the 2006 NAB AFL Under 16 Championship where he played 3 games for Western Australia averaging 36.3 disposals per game, the highest of any player at any under-16 or under-18 carnival since 2001. He also averaged 8.7 marks, 5.0 inside 50s, 6.7 clearances and 5.3 tackles per game for the championships and earnt a place in the 2006 AIS-AFL Academy intake. In 2007, he ruptured his ACL during a 2007 AIS trial game vs Subiaco at Subiaco Oval, after a routine change of direction, which saw him miss the rest of the football season. In 2008, he was selected in Western Australia's NAB AFL Under 18 Championships squad, but a grade 2 lateral ligament tear as a result of hyperextension, after landing poorly from a leap during one of Under 18 trial games caused him to miss both the Championship series and the rest of the season. Despite his injury woes, he still received an invite to the 2008 AFL Draft Camp and after a strong performance where he finished 3rd in the standing vertical leap (72 cm), 5th in the 20m sprint (2.89s) and equal 9th in the beep test (14.1), he was selected at pick 20 in the ensuing Draft by the West Coast Eagles.〔Quartermaine, Braden (29 November 2008) (West Coast pick ends nightmare run for Tom Swift ); PerthNow〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Swift (Australian footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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