10 Facts About Tom Nicholls

Tom Nicholls is a former professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Tom Nicholls was one of the club's underage recruits, and played in the Gold Coast's first season.

Tom Nicholls was born in Yarrawonga in country Victoria to a Fijian mother and an Australian father.

Tom Nicholls completed his high school studies at St Bede's College and St Kevin's College in Melbourne.

Tom Nicholls attended St Kevin's College in Toorak and began playing his junior football for the Cheltenham Junior Football Club in Melbourne.

Tom Nicholls later moved to the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup for the 2009 season.

At the completion of the 2009 season, Tom Nicholls signed for the newly formed GC17 team that would compete in the VFL for the 2010 season.

Tom Nicholls made his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns against the Adelaide Crows in Round 8 of the 2011 AFL season.

Tom Nicholls was the Round 16 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award.

Tom Nicholls was selected as the ruckman in the AFL Players' Association's inaugural 22under22 team.