Dale Thomas 
| | Personal information | | Birth | June 21, 1987 (1987-06-21) (age 20), Victoria | | Recruited from | Gippsland Power | | Height and weight | 184 cm / 80 kg | | Playing career¹ | | Debut | Round 1, March 4, 2006, Collingwood vs. Adelaide, at Telstra Dome | | Team(s) | Collingwood (2006-) | | ¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season | | Career highlights | - AFL Rising Star nomination 2006
- Best First Year Player for Collingwood 2006
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| Dale Thomas (born 21 June 1987) is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League. The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition in Victoria, Australia. ...
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Career
Pre AFL Thomas collected 20 disposals and kicked four goals in a best-on-ground performance in Gippsland Power’s TAC Cup premiership, and also won selection in the All-Australian under-18 side and the TAC Cup Team of the Year, prompting the Magpies to select him with their first pick, number two overall, in the 2005 AFL Draft. The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition in Victoria, Australia. ...
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2006 Thomas made his debut in the AFL in round one of the 2006 AFL Season, in Collingwood's match against the Adelaide Crows. Thomas gathered 16 possessions, kicked two goals and performed a spectacular mark on the shoulders of 2 Adelaide players. In Collingwood's round two win against Hawthorn gathered twenty possessions and was nominated for the 2006 AFL Rising Star award. Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006. ...
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During the 2006 ANZAC Day match against Essendon Thomas was nominated for both Mark of the Year and Goal of the Year. The Anzac Day clash is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League teams Essendon and the Collingwood on ANZAC Day (April, 25). ...
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Thomas' season was marred by an injury to his collarbone on August 5, but returned to play in Collingwood's defeat in the 2006 First Elimination Final to the Western Bulldogs. is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2007 During 2007, Thomas was played in a variety of positions including a regular role in the midfield and the forward line, and also instances in defence. He played every game in the 2007 season. He was considered a match-winner in the Round 1 fightback against the North Melbourne Kangaroos, and was also judged one of the best afield in Round 3 against the Richmond Tigers where he collected 25 disposals. After being injured three days earlier against the Port Adelaide Power, he battled in the traditional ANZAC Day game against the Essendon Bombers. Richmond Football Club logo The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...
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Highlights of the 2007 season came during the Sydney Swans match where Collingwood was considered underdogs with a depleted defence. Thomas recorded a career high 4 goals, and was thus awarded three Brownlow votes. He was also judged best afield by commentators against St Kilda where he recorded 18 possessions and 2 goals. Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...
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Most memorable, he slotted through a neat goal from the boundary line while being chased by two St Kilda players; commentators labelled it "Goal of the Year" until it was judged out-of-bounds, and this incident has since been imperative in the discussion of umpiring, and it has been dubbed "non-goal of the year". [1]. Thomas was a vital part of the Pies finals matches. His runs down the ground in the Semi Final and Preliminary Final are considered one of the most important things in the Pies win against West Coast and close loss against Geelong.
Thomas' year ended with a career-high four votes at the Brownlow count and placing sixth in the Copeland trophy count.
2008 Dale Thomas started off 2008 in a fantastic game against Adelaide in the NAB Cup opener in Dubai. In this match he took a trademark specky on the shoulders off his opponent. Three weeks later Collingwood played Port Adelaide in practice match at Princess Park. The highlight of the match came from Dale Thomas when he kicked a freakish goal. The ball was bounced in the goalsquare, just when the ruckmen were about to tap it down Thomas jumped in the air, kicked the ball over his head which went through for a goal on the siren. Thomas was named in Mike Sheehans top 50 players at #49. Thomas started his 2008 season kicking two goals and being named as one of the best against Fremantle.
Trivia - He has developed many nicknames like "DT", "Thommo", "Sparky", "Floppy", "Floppos" and "Daisy" amongst the Collingwood faithful. This is in part to his trademark flowing hair and name.
- He was nicknamed "Scummy Thomas" by team-mate Shane O'Bree.
- He has won the Mark of the Week three times.
- He owns a racehorse with some friends called Royal Riff Raff, which is sponsored by the Royal Hotel in Drouin.
- He was one of four school captains at Drouin Secondary College in 2005.
- He played for Gippsland Power with Scott Pendlebury and Tyson Goldsack.
- He used to barrack for Geelong Cats and watched Ablett videos over and over and recreate the goals and marks in the backyard to build up his football skills.
- He loved Gary Ablett Sr because they both grew up in Drouin.
- His sister plays for Gippsland Storm.
- Her name is Jessica Thomas.
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References - ^ Real Footy (14 July, 2007). Pies' lucky No. 13.
External links | Collingwood Football Club – current squad | 1 Davis • 2 Rusling • 3 Lonie • 4 Didak • 5 Maxwell • 6 Holland • 7 Medhurst • 8 O'Brien • 9 Anthony • 10 Pendlebury • 11 O'Bree • 12 Cox • 13 Thomas • 14 Wakelin • 15 Egan • 16 Brown • 17 Burns • 18 Clarke • 19 Wood • 20 Reid • 21 Wellingham* • 22 R. Shaw • 23 Rocca • 24 Lockyer • 25 Fraser • 26 Johnson • 27 McCarthy • 28 Stanley • 29 Cook • 30 Thoolen • 31 Dawes • 32 Cloke • 33 Dick • 34 Toovey • 35 Prestigiacomo • 36 Swan • 37 Iles • 38 Goldsack • 39 H. Shaw • 40 Bryan • 41 Dyas* • 43 Barham • 44 Casey-Leigh* • 45 Macaffer* • Coach: Malthouse
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