Tom Murphy | |
Fullname: | Thomas Murphy |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1998 |
Originalteam: | Dandenong Stingrays |
Draftpick: | 4, 2017 rookie draft |
Position: | Defender |
Guernsey: | 40 |
Debutdate: | 3 June 2018 |
Debutteam: | North Melbourne |
Debutopponent: | Brisbane Lions |
Debutstadium: | Etihad Stadium |
Height: | 189 cm |
Weight: | 82 kg |
Years1: | 2018–2020 |
Games Goals1: | 6 (1) |
Statsend: | 2018 |
Tom Murphy is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a defender.[1] Murphy made his debut in round 12, 2018, against the Brisbane Lions at Docklands Stadium,[2] as a late replacement for Jarrad Waite.[3]
Murphy originally played for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He trained with North Melbourne's Victorian Football League squad before he was drafted by North Melbourne with pick 4 in the 2017 rookie draft. Recruiting manager Mark Finnigan said that Murphy was selected for his penetrating kick and mix of speed and endurance.[4] Murphy was delisted by at the end of the 2020 AFL season after a mass delisting by which saw 11 players cut from the team's list.[5]