Tom Davidson is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who was recruited from the Geelong Falcons

Geelong Falcons

The Geelong Falcons are a junior Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup competition, Victoria, Australia.The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong, Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to groom them for AFL selection...

 in the 2001 AFL Draft

2001 AFL Draft

The 2001 AFL Draft consisted of a national draft, a rookie draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The AFL Draft is the annual draft of players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League .In 2001 there were 83...

 by the Collingwood Football Club

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

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His career was hindered by two serious knee injuries, the first during the 2003 preseason, and the second in his first and only Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL) game in April 2004. He was delisted by Collingwood at the end of the 2005 season, but drafted by in the 2006 rookie draft by the Western Bulldogs, but never again played senior football.

He is the son of former Richmond and Geelong footballer Garry Davidson

Garry Davidson

Garry Davidson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the 1970s....

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