Cats’ two-time premiership captain turned AFL chief operating officer Tom Harley and wife Felicity have snapped up a Brighton house. Left picture: Alison Wynd.
Geelong dual premiership captain and AFL bigwig Tom Harley has tackled a Brighton house purchase for about $6m.
The former Cats skipper was announced as the league’s new chief operating officer last year.
Records confirmed Harley and his wife Felicity, a podcaster, journalist and author, became the bayside home’s new owners this month after buying it in 2025.
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Listing agent, Marshall White director Ben Vieth, declined to comment, but industry sources indicated the abode fetched a $6m-plus sum.
In 1997, Harley was drafted to Port Adelaide however he was traded to Geelong in the 1998 off-season.
He captained the Cats when they won the 2007 grand final, the club’s first premiership in 44 years.
Harley was also captain when Geelong contested the 2008 flag but lost to Hawthorn.
The 2009 grand final also ended with him leading the Cats to victory against St Kilda.
Then-Geelong captain Tom Harley and coach Mark Thompson hold the premiership cup aloft following the 2007 grand final. Picture: Michael Klein.
The house combines period features such as detailed plasterwork and fireplaces with a modern aesthetic.
Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham and former Swans’ chief executive Tom Harley. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Crosling.
Across his career, Harley has received several honours including the 2008 AFL Players Association Best Captain Award.
He was inducted into the Geelong Hall of Fame, named as an All-Australian and took home Geelong’s McClelland Trophy for two years running.
As a player, Harley served as an ambassador for the ‘Just Think’ campaign run by Geelong and the Geelong Advertiser newspaper to raise awareness of alcohol-fuelled violence.
Harley resigned from playing after his third grand final with the Cats and began working at AFL House in game development.
Tom Harley in the 2007 grand final against Port Adelaide, as he takes a mark over teammate Corey Enright and the opposition’s Chad Cornes. Picture: Michael Dodge.
The home’s kitchen is part of its open-plan living and dining area.
Tom Harley and wife Felicity on the AFL Brownlow Medal red carpet in 2024. Picture: Michael Klein.
In 2014, he became Sydney’s general manager of football and then the Swans’ chief executive.
Last year, the AFL announced Harley would serve as the league’s new chief operating officer, a role he officially started in October.
The Brighton house which Harley and his wife purchased features an outdoor swimming pool and terrace, box bay windows, open fireplaces and a kitchen fitted with Miele appliances.
Automated gates, video security entry, a study and renovated ensuite with terrazzo marble floors are among its other inclusions.
Harley’s main tasks as the AFL’s chief operating officer include overseeing portfolios such as club funding, plus projects like the organisation’s expansion into Tasmania and the Gather Round.
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