Jim Mitchell (Australian footballer)

James Anderson Mitchell (26 November 1920 – 14 October 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Jim Mitchell
Personal information
Full name James Anderson Mitchell
Date of birth (1920-11-26)26 November 1920
Place of birth Malvern East, Victoria
Date of death 14 October 1996(1996-10-14) (aged 75)
Place of death Bowral, New South Wales[1]
Original team(s) University Blacks[2]
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–48 Melbourne 42 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Prior to playing for Melbourne, Mitchell served in the Australian Army for five years during World War II.[4]

Notes
  1. "Deaths". The Age. Melbourne. 23 October 1996. p. C11.
  2. "Star Amateur Joins Melbourne". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 June 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 15 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 582. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. "World War II Roll: James Anderson Mitchell". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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