Early Life
Tom Harley was born to Rick Harley and Trish Rofe in Adelaide, South Australia. Harley attended Loreto College, Marryatville, from Prep to Grade 2. Harley was a talented junior footballer growing up, and played most of his junior football for the Walkerville Junior Football Club and St Peter's College from the under–11s to under–15s. Despite being regularly overlooked for a place in the elite South Australian junior state squads, Harley continued to follow the rest of the squad to training sessions in order to learn alongside them. Harley's persistent attendance at training was rewarded when he was called up to the under–18s squad as a late injury replacement a week prior to the National AFL Championships. Playing at centre half-back, Harley's performance in defence earned him end-of-year All-Australian honours and brought him to the attention of AFL scouts.
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