19 Facts About Thomson Dow

Thomson Dow was born on 16 October 2001 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Thomson Dow played junior representative football with the Bendigo Pioneers, was drafted by Richmond with the 21st pick in 2019 AFL draft and made his debut in round 14 of the 2020 season.

Thomson Dow is the younger brother of St Kilda midfielder Paddy Dow.

Thomson Dow played junior football at the local Swan Hill Football Club, including in an under-16s premiership at age 14 alongside his older brother Paddy.

Thomson Dow later earned selection into the junior representative pathway with the Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League and in 2017 was selected to the Victorian Country team at the Under 16s national championships.

In 2018, Thomson Dow began boarding at Geelong Grammar School but missed significant periods of the football season due to injuries, though still managed to earn selection to the AFL Academy as one of 30 Victoria Country region 16 and 17 year olds.

Alongside matches for Geelong Grammar in the APS league, Thomson Dow was a prolific ball-winner in the early weeks of the 2019 NAB League season, eventually earning selection to the Victorian Country team at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships.

Thomson Dow played in each of the team's four matches at the tournament including with an 18-disposal performance in a win over the Victoria Metropolitan side.

Thomson Dow returned to the Pioneers for the end of the season and continued to turn in strong performances, finishing the season as the Pioneers' leading vote getter in the league best and fairest award after averaging 21.6 disposals and a goal per game across the length of the season.

Thomson Dow was drafted by Richmond with the club's first pick and the 21st selection overall in the 2019 AFL national draft.

Thomson Dow impressed head coach Damien Hardwick with five disposals in just one quarter of match play and earned another selection in the club's second and final match of the pre-season.

Thomson Dow went unselected when the season began later that month and was unable to play at reserves level after the VFL season was cancelled due to safety concerns as a result of the rapid progression of the COVID-19 pandemic into Australia.

Thomson Dow was named a non-playing AFL emergency for the first time in round 8 and again in each of rounds 12 and 13, before being named to make an AFL debut in round 14's match against West Coast at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast.

Thomson Dow recorded 12 disposals and three clearances in the match, which was played like all matches that year with playing time reduced by one fifth, owing to the pandemic-induced fixture changes that resulted in multiple games played with short breaks.

Thomson Dow finished his debut season having played two AFL matches and earned the Cosgrove-Jenkins award as Richmond's best first year player.

Thomson Dow completed a full pre-season training period ahead of the 2021 season, impressing in an intraclub match and participating as part of an extended playing list in a practice match against Melbourne in February.

Thomson Dow was named an AFL-level emergency in each of the next two weeks, but ultimately went until round 16 to earn his first AFL match of the year, picked to play against the Gold Coast following a performance at reserves level that included 23 disposals, eight clearances and a goal.

Thomson Dow is notable for his lateral quickness, handballing prowess and ability to win clearances from stoppage situations.

Thomson Dow is the younger brother of St Kilda midfielder Paddy Dow.