Tom Fields (born 19 December 1992) is a former professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

(AFL). Fields was raised on the Gold Coast. He played football for

North East Australian Football League The North East Australian Football League (NEAFL ) was an Australian rules football league in New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. The league was formed in November 2010, and its inaugural ...

club

Labrador Labrador () is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the primarily continental portion of the province and constitutes 71% of the province's area but is home to only 6% of its populatio ...

, and he represented Queensland at the 2011 AFL Under 18 Championships. After the 2012 season, Fields moved to Adelaide and played in the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

for South Adelaide as a tall attacking defender, where he played for two seasons. Fields was then recruited to the AFL at age 22 by in the third round of the 2015 Rookie Draft (pick No. 41 overall). He played much of the 2015 season with Carlton's , the

Northern Blues The Northern Bullants are a semi-professional Australian rules football club that currently competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The club, which is based in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, plays its home games at Preston City Ov ...

, before making his senior AFL debut in round 15, 2015. He was delisted in October 2015. Fields is the son of

Neville Fields Neville Fields (born 21 November 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fields was a left footed centreman and won Essendon's most improved player awar ...

, who played 200

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

games for and . Fields became noted during his time in the SANFL for his ability to kick long

torpedo punt The torpedo punt (also known as screw punt, spiral punt, barrel, torp or bomb) is a type of punt kick implemented in Australian rules football, Rugby union & Rugby league, and more generally with an ellipsoidal football. The torpedo punt is the lo ...

s, and prior to being drafted by Carlton he had considered his options of studying and playing

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as a punter at an American college.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fields, Tom 1992 births Living people Australian rules footballers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Carlton Football Club players South Adelaide Football Club players Northern Bullants players Labrador Australian Football Club players Southport Australian Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Queensland 21st-century Australian sportsmen