Tom Liberatore

Who is Tom Liberatore?

Tom Liberatore is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. He is the son of former Bulldogs legend Tony Liberatore.

From Melbourne, Victoria, Liberatore was drafted to the Bulldogs from the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup with the 40th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft as a father-son selection, after Sydney nominated their intention to draft him with first-round pick if available. Fellow schoolmate and friend Mitch Wallis was also drafted at pick 22, after the two had played together for club and school St Kevin's College, since a young age.

He was selected in the All-Australian team after the 2010 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships, where he had averaged 22 disposals at 72 per cent efficiency, five clearances and four tackles.

In the 2010 TAC Cup Grand Final, he had 28 disposals in the Cannons 58 point defeat of Gippsland Power. He made his debut in the Western Bulldogs' Round One defeat to Essendon, being named in the best for the side. After a drug/alcohol related indiscretion in the latter stages of the 2012 AFL season, Liberatore came back strongly in 2013, coming second in the Charles Sutton Medal and winning the most clearances in the AFL during the home and away rounds.