Charlotte "Charlie" Thomas (born 5 September 2003) is an Australian rules footballer. She was selected by the West Coast Eagles with pick 3 in the

2021 AFL Women's draft The 2021 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2022 season. Special assistance In May 2021, just before the draft period began, the AF ...

, and made her debut in round 1 of the

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Career

Thomas played 6 games for

Subiaco Football Club The Subiaco Football Club, nicknamed the Lions and known before 1973 as the ''Maroons'', is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). It was founded in 1896, and admitted to the WAF ...

in the WAFL Women's in 2020, and 1 game in 2021, being injured for most of that season with a fractured arm. In the

, Thomas was picked by the West Coast Eagles with pick number 3. The

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number assigned to her was number 3, which was presented to her at West Coast's 2022 AFLW season launch by

Andrew Gaff Andrew Gaff (born 16 June 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays predominantly as a midfielder. Gaff was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers wi ...

, who has the number 3 guernsey on the men's team. Thomas played her first AFLW game on 8 January 2022, against in round 1 of the 2022 season. The role she plays is as a tall utility.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Charlotte 2003 births Living people West Coast Eagles (AFLW) players Subiaco Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia