Tim Taranto (born 28 January 1998) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). He previously played for the

Greater Western Sydney Giants The Greater Western Sydney Giants (officially the Greater Western Sydney Football Club and colloquially known as the GWS Giants or simply GWS or Giants) are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney Olympic Park which repres ...

from 2017 to 2022. Taranto is a two-time club best and fairest, having won the Kevin Sheedy Medal in 2019 and the

Jack Dyer Medal The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged best and fairest for the Richmond Football Club. The award is now named in honour of Jack Dyer, a champion ruckman who won the award f ...

in 2023.

Early life

Taranto was born in Melbourne to an Australian mother and an American father from

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, and grew up in the

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suburb of Parkdale. His parents separated when he was two and his father returned to the United States, and he was regularly looked after by his maternal grandparents, Paul and Dianne. Taranto attended

St Kevin's College, Melbourne St Kevin's College is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The college has three campuses, two of which are in the suburb of Toorak, the third in Richmond. The school also has playi ...

from the age of ten and played junior football for the Mordialloc-Braeside Junior Football Club. He played

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football for the

Sandringham Dragons Sandringham Dragons is an Australian rules football club playing in the Talent League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. They are based at the Moorabbin Oval in Moorabbin, Victoria, representin ...

and grew up supporting the

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AFL career

Greater Western Sydney (2017–2022)

Taranto was drafted by Greater Western Sydney with their first selection and second overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the 56-point loss against in the opening round of the 2017 season at

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. Taranto was nominated for the 2017 AFL Rising Star after gathering 21 disposals, laid five tackles and had six score involvements in the Giants' three-point win over at Spotless Stadium in round 8, 2017.

Richmond (2023–present)

Taranto was traded to on a seven-year deal at the end of the

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Statistics

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Honours and achievements

* Kevin Sheedy Medal: 2019 *

: 2023 * Brett Kirk Medal: 2019 (game 1) *

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Bu ...

nominee:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taranto, Tim 1998 births Living people Greater Western Sydney Giants players Sandringham Dragons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Australian people of American descent Australian people of Italian descent Kevin Sheedy Medal winners People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne People from the City of Kingston (Victoria) Richmond Football Club players