Chris Mitchell (Australian footballer)
Chris Mitchell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 1 January 1947 | ||
Original team(s) | Old Geelong Grammerians | ||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1967–1968 | Geelong | 42 (32) | |
1969–1970 | East Perth | 15 | (?)|
1971 | Geelong | 4 (1) | |
1971 | Carlton | 5 (6) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1971. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Chris Mitchell (born 1 January 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the VFL.
Playing with the Old Geelong Grammarians, he was awarded the Best & Fairest Award in 1965, the same year he entered Trinity College (University of Melbourne) where he continued on the field, playing in Trinity's 1st XVIII football team.
Ruckman Chris Mitchell was handy around goals and kicked 23 of them in his debut season for Geelong in 1967. He played in the VFL Grand Final that year but ended up on the losing team.
In 1969 he left Victoria and signed up with WANFL club East Perth where he spent two years before returning to Geelong.[1] He represented Western Australia in a game at the 1969 Adelaide Carnival. His second stint at the Cats lasted just half a season and he finished the year at Carlton. It was against Geelong that he made his Carlton debut and he kicked a career high five goals.
References[]
- ^ "Lalich - Quinn - East Perth FC". East Perth Football Club.
- Chris Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Blueseum profile
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- 1947 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Geelong Football Club players
- Carlton Football Club players
- East Perth Football Club players
- Living people