\n Community Foundation\n <\/p>\n
\n The Bulldogs vice-captain is one of four finalists for the 2025 award.\n <\/p>\n
\n By Variety with Western Bulldogs Media\n <\/p>\n
Variety \u2013 the Children\u2019s Charity is proud to announce the finalists for the 2025 Tom Hafey Heart of Football Award, to be presented at the Variety Grand Final Lunch on Wednesday 24 September at Crown Palladium.<\/p>\n
Named in honour of AFL legend and Variety Life Member Tom Hafey, the award celebrates a current AFL or AFLW player who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to helping children through selfless actions and community leadership over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s finalists have inspired Variety and their communities through advocacy, hands-on involvement, and a deep dedication to creating opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs vice-captain Tom Liberatore is one of four finalists for the 2025 award, along with Geelong’s Jeremy Cameron, GWS’ Callan Ward and Port Adelaide’s Amelie Borg.<\/p>\n
The winner will be announced live at the Variety Grand Final Lunch, with the award presented by Maureen Hafey OAM.<\/p>\n
Liberatore was also recently shortlisted for the 2025 Jim Stynes Community Leadership Award, which will be awarded at the 2025 Brownlow Medal count next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2025 Finalists<\/p>\n
Tom Liberatore \u2013 AFL <\/p>\n
Weekly volunteer mentor at the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation\u2019s Social and Study Club.
\nAdvisor to the Foundation\u2019s Youth Early Intervention & Prevention Community of Practice.
\nInspires teammates to engage in community work, leading by example.
\nCatalyst for cultural change, encouraging younger players to join WBCF programs.
\nHumble and consistent presence, building trust and modelling care without seeking recognition.
\nHis influence has shaped a new generation of community-minded players and improved educational outcomes for young people in Melbourne\u2019s west.<\/p>\n
Other Finalists:<\/p>\n
Amelie Borg \u2013 Port Adelaide
\nCallan Ward \u2013 GWS GIANTS
\nJeremy Cameron \u2013 Geelong Cats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Community Foundation The Bulldogs vice-captain is one of four finalists for the 2025 award. By Variety with Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-153245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}