Oval Swift received 3 Brownlow Medal votes for a best on ground performance, the first Brownlow votes of his career. 2010 season Swift played the opening 3 games of the 2010 AFL season, before being omitted from the side. He returned to the side for the Western Derby in round 6 and played the next 5 games, before being a late omission from the round 12 game against Richmond. He returned to the team in round 14 against Collingwood, but missed the next week with abdominal soreness and he only managed a further 3 AFL games for the year from round 18–20 before being omitted and playing the rest of the season with Claremont in the WAFL. 2011 season Swift started the season with Claremont Football Club in the WAFL and didn't get his first AFL opportunity till round 11 against Gold Coast. He was omitted for the next game, but returned in round 13 against Port Adelaide and played the next 2 games against Carlton and Geelong before being omitted again. 2012 season Swift played six games, starting as a substitute in all but two games. He impressed as substitute on a few occasions but was unable to string together consecutive games in the starting 22. He completed his season winning a WAFL premiership with the Claremont Football Club. On Friday 5 October, Swift remarkably announced his retirement from AFL football at the age of 22 in order to study medicine at university. It was understood that he had been offered a one-year contract from the West Coast Eagles but declined, instead announcing his retirement to pursue his studies in medicine. 2013 season Due to no appearances in the WAFL, and an article in the Sunday Times stating Swift's enjoyment for life at the University of Western Australia, it was presumed that Swift's football career was officially over. However, in the morning of 18 June, an article in the West Australian confirmed that Claremont had requested that Tom play in Claremont's first match of the Foxtel Cup as a result of their extensive injury list. Swift accepted and partook in a 58-point demolition of Southport. He had 17 disposals and kicked one goal. Swift gave no clear indication of whether or not he will continue playing in matches to come. References External links Tom Swift player profile 1990 births Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia Claremont Football Club