Full name Trent Dumont Name Trent Dumont Current club North Melbourne Career start 2014 | Position(s) Midfielder Weight 85 kg Height/Weight 186 cm / 83 kg Height 1.87 m | |
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Date of birth (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 20) Draft #30, 2013 National Draft, North Melbourne Role Australian rules footballer Profiles | ||
Original team Norwood Football Club | ||
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Trent Dumont (born 30 June 1995) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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North Melbourne recruited Dumont with the 30th selection in the 2013 National Draft from Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Dumont was one of Norwood's best players in their 2013 SANFL Grand Final premiership winning team.
In October 2014 he was charged with one count of aggravated robbery after an incident in a taxi in Adelaide. He pleaded not guilty and was due to face a trial, scheduled in April 2016. This trial was aborted and rescheduled for January 2017, where prosecution withdrew all charges against him and his co-accused, Joshua Lomas.
In 2015, Dumont managed to play a solid 8 games but didn't take part in the side's finals series.
Dumont was able to build on his second AFL season, playing 12 games of the 2016 season and cemented his spot in North's midfield towards the end of the year. Dumont also played in his first ever final against Adelaide in the elimination final at the Adelaide Oval.
During the 2017 season, Dumont signed a two-year deal with North Melbourne after playing 20 senior games in his first 3 seasons. Dumont even stated that he wanted spend his entire career at the club.