Thomson Dow (born 16 October 2001) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played junior representative football with the Bendigo Pioneers, was drafted by Richmond with the 21st pick in 2019 AFL draft and made his debut in round 14 of the 2020 season. He is the younger brother of midfielder Paddy Dow. Early life and junior football Dow grew up on a family fruit farm outside the regional Victorian town of Swan Hill as the third of four brothers. He played junior football at the local Swan Hill Football Club, including in an under-16s premiership at age 14 alongside his older brother Paddy. Dow later earned selection into the junior representative pathway with the Bendigo Pioneers in the NAB League and in 2017 was selected to the Victorian Country team at the Under 16s national championships. In 2018, Dow began boarding at Geelong Grammar School but missed significant periods of the football season due to injuries, though still managed to earn selection to the AFL Academy as one of 30 Victoria Country region 16 and 17 year olds. Alongside matches for Geelong Grammar in the APS league, Dow was a prolific ball-winner in the early weeks of the 2019 NAB League season, eventually earning selection to the Victorian Country team at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships. He played in each of the team's four matches at the tournament including with an 18-disposal performance in a win over the Victoria Metropolitan side. Dow returned to the Pioneers for the end of the season and continued to turn in strong performances, finishing the season as the Pioneers' leading vote getter (six) in the league best and fairest award after averaging 21.6 disposals and a goal per game across the length of the season. Following the 2019 junior season, Dow was invited to attend the AFL National Draft Combine, where he recorded a third-place 8.061 time in the agility test. In the days prior to the draft Dow was projected to be selected at pick 27 by AFL Draft Central and pick 31 by ESPN, while being left out of the AFL Media's top 30 mock draft. Junior statistics NAB League Boys |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018 |Bendigo Pioneers | 14 || 4 || 2 || — || 23 || 24 || 47 || 8 ||