Laurie Mithen
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lawrence Sidney Mithen | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1934 | ||
| Original team(s) | Ormond (VAFA) | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1954–1962 | Melbourne | 153 (108) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lawrence Sidney Mithen (born 15 April 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the VFL during their successful period in the late 1950s under Norm Smith.
Education[]
He was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne in April 1964.[1]
Ormond (VAFA)[]
Playing for the Ormond Amateur Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Mithen was the Association's best and fairest A Grade player in 1953.[2]
Melbourne (VFL)[]
Recruited from Ormond,[3] he played in three consecutive premierships from 1955 to 1957 and was a premiership player again in 1959 and 1960 to finish with five.
Mithen played as a half forward early in his career before moving into the centre. It was as a centreman that he had most success, winning Melbourne's best and fairest in 1958 and 1959.
VFL representative[]
He was selected to play for Victoria in the 1958 ANFC Melbourne Carnival. In the only match (of a possible four) that he played in — the 7 July 1958 match against the VFA — he was completely outclassed by the VFA centreman, Bob Withers.[4]
Team of the Century[]
He was named on the interchange bench in the Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'.
Port Melbourne (VFA)[]
In 1963, he moved to the Port Melbourne Football Club in the VFA and was the team's captain-coach from 1963 to 1965, during which time, he played 52 games, and the club won the 1964 Premiership.
Claremont (WAFL)[]
He played for Claremont Football Club in the WAFL in 1966 and 1967 for a total of 34 games.[5]
Footnotes[]
- ^ Degrees and Diplomas Conferred, University of Melbourne Calendar, (1965), p.664.
- ^ Best and fairest in Amateurs, The Age, (Monday, 31 August 1953), p.14.
- ^ O'Brien for Two Matches, The Age, (Thursday, 15 April 1954), p.18; de Lacy, H.A. "Mithen a real utility player", The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 21 April 1954), p.4.
- ^ League's 49-point Win Over V.F.A., The Age, (Tuesday, 8 July 1958), p.20.
- ^ WAFL FootyFacts: Mithen, Lawrence Sidney.
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External links[]
- Laurie Mithen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Boyles Football Photos: Laurie Mithen.
- Laurie Mithen, demonwiki.com.
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- 1934 births
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
- Melbourne Football Club players
- Port Melbourne Football Club players
- Port Melbourne Football Club coaches
- Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy winners
- Ormond Amateur Football Club players
- Living people
- Five-time VFL/AFL Premiership players
- Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1930s birth stubs