Tom Sheridan (footballer)

Tom Sheridan (born 28 October 1993) is a former Australian rules footballer who last played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL), after previously playing for Fremantle for seven years.

Tom Sheridan
Personal information
Full name	Tom Sheridan
Nickname(s)	Train[1]
Date of birth	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 16, 2011 national draft
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2018	Fremantle	81 (31)
2019–2020	Greater Western Sydney	2 (0)
Total		83 (31)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career

Originally from Riddells Creek, Victoria, Sheridan attended Salesian College and Essendon Keilor College and played junior football for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup.^[2] He showed his endurance at the AFL pre-draft testing, finishing in the top two percent of participants in the beep test and 3 km run.^[3] He represented Victoria Metro at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships and was named in the TAC Cup Team of the Year.^[4] He was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection, 16th overall, in the 2011 AFL Draft.^[5]

AFL career

Sheridan played his first game for Fremantle in the final round of the 2012 AFL season against the Melbourne Football Club after performing well in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for Peel Thunder.^[6]

He was delisted by Fremantle at the end of the 2018 season, however shortly afterwards Greater Western Sydney picked him up as a delisted free agent for the 2019 season.

Sheridan retired from AFL in September 2020.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season^[7]

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
2012	Fremantle	11	1	0	0	3	2	5	1	1	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	1.0
2013	Fremantle	11	10	6	1	65	53	118	26	19	0.6	0.1	6.5	5.3	11.8	2.6	1.9
2014	Fremantle	11	8	4	2	35	41	76	11	20	0.5	0.2	4.4	5.1	9.5	1.4	2.5
2015	Fremantle	11	19	4	2	207	130	337	71	43	0.2	0.1	10.9	6.8	17.7	3.7	2.3
2016	Fremantle	11	21	6	2	225	169	394	77	45	0.3	0.1	10.7	8.0	18.8	3.7	2.1
Career			59	20	7	535	395	930	186	128	0.3	0.1	9.1	6.7	15.8	3.2	2.2

Post-football

Sheridan is a co-founder of Rixx Eyewear, a sunglasses retailer.^[8][9]