Tom Mitchell (Australian footballer)

Thomas Mitchell (born 31 May 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Sydney Swans from 2012 to 2016, and the Hawthorn Football Club between 2017 and 2022. Mitchell won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player in 2018 and set the record for the most disposals in a VFL/AFL match, accruing 54 in a game against Collingwood during that season.

Tom Mitchell
Mitchell playing for Hawthorn in 2018
Personal information
Full name Thomas Mitchell
Nickname(s) Titch
Date of birth (1993-05-31) 31 May 1993
Original team(s) Claremont (WAFL)
Draft No. 21 (F/S), 2011 national draft
Debut Round 10, 2013, Sydney vs. Essendon, at the SCG
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 6
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2012–2016 Sydney 065 (38)
2017–2022 Hawthorn 106 (38)
2023– Collingwood 026 0(7)
Total 197 (83)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

Mitchell was born on 31 May 1993, the son of former Sydney, Collingwood and Carlton player Barry Mitchell.[1] He grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell[2]and attended Carey Baptist Grammar School before relocating to Perth at 15, where he completed his schooling at Hale School. He helped Hale to two victories in the Public Schools Association Alcock Cup competition.

He played juniors for Ashburton Redbacks alongside Jack Viney and Toby Greene.[3]

AFL career
Mitchell playing for Sydney in 2013

Sydney (2012–2016)

Mitchell was drafted to Sydney with pick 21 in the 2011 AFL draft under the father–son rule.[1] Mitchell experienced a number of injuries in 2012 and despite some good form in reserves games, was unable to break into the senior side that won the premiership.

Mitchell made his debut in round 10, 2013 against Essendon at the SCG. He received a 2013 AFL Rising Star nomination the following week for his round 11 performance against Adelaide.[4] During round 9 of the 2014 season, Mitchell played in the Swans reserves team and had a record 64 disposals (23 contested, 41 uncontested) and kicked four goals.

At the conclusion of the 2016 season, Mitchell requested a trade from Sydney[5] and was subsequently traded to Hawthorn in October.[6]

Hawthorn (2017–2022)

In the 2017 season, Mitchell broke the VFL/AFL record for the most disposals in a home-and-away season in round 22 when he had his 749th possession, passing Wayne Richardson's mark set in 1971.[7] Following a record-breaking home-and-away season, Mitchell was named in the All-Australian team for the first time.[8] He was runner-up to Dustin Martin in the 2017 Brownlow Medal (Patrick Dangerfield polled more votes, but was ineligible due to suspension).[9] Mitchell won his first Peter Crimmins Medal in that season.[10]

On 24 March 2018, in Round 1 of the 2018 season, Mitchell set the record for the most disposals in an VFL/AFL game, amassing 54,[11] also becoming the first player to have 50 or more disposals in more than one game. Mitchell had 50 possessions in Hawthorn's Round 15 loss to GWS later that year, becoming the first player to have more than one 50+ disposal game in a season as well as the first player to have three 50-disposal-plus games (with no other player having achieved multiple 50-disposal-plus games as of 2023.[12] His 848 disposals in 2018 passed Matt Crouch's season record of 825, set in 2017.[13]

Mitchell won the 2018 Brownlow Medal, the Peter Crimmins Medal, Leigh Matthews Trophy[14] and the Lou Richards Medal. Mitchell became the first Hawthorn player to win the Leigh Matthews Trophy since Shane Crawford in 1999. On 11 January 2019, It was announced that Mitchell would miss the entire 2019 season after suffering a broken leg during a tackling drill at training.[15]

Collingwood (2023–)

Mitchell was traded to Collingwood at the end of the 2022 AFL season.[16]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023.[17]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
  #  
 Played in that season's 
premiership team
  †  
 Led the league for 
the season
  ±  
 Won that season's 
Brownlow Medal
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2012Sydney6 0——————————————0
2013Sydney6 14111713413627045660.20.39.18.417.52.84.22
2014Sydney6 622576812525340.30.49.410.519.92.84.40
2015Sydney6 19107211303514701230.50.411.115.927.13.76.512
2016Sydney6 2615132824437251011600.60.510.817.027.93.96.212
2017Hawthorn3 2210103074807871171430.50.514.021.835.8†5.36.525
2018Hawthorn3 24137389459848†1131520.50.316.219.1†35.3†4.76.328±
2019Hawthorn3 0——————————————0
2020[lower-alpha 1]Hawthorn3 172117225742952750.10.110.115.125.23.14.410
2021Hawthorn3 2285321433754981050.40.214.619.7†34.3†4.54.825
2022Hawthorn3 215723935058981960.20.311.416.728.03.94.69
2023#Collingwood6 2671250400†650791570.30.09.615.425.03.06.012
Career 197837023623329569178111110.40.412.016.928.94.05.6135

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References
  1. Cowley, Michael (11 October 2011). "In the name of the father: Mitchell to follow dad's footsteps at Swans". Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. "Tom Mitchell: Hawthorn star's Camberwell childhood home for sale - realestate.com.au". www.realestate.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. "Ash Thursday".
  4. "Mitchell in the running". Sydney Football Club. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. Bowen, Nick (10 October 2016). "Star Swan Tom Mitchell requests trade to Hawks". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. Laughton, Max (14 October 2016). "Hawthorn acquires Sydney Swans midfielder Tom Mitchell". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. Meldrum, Ethan (19 August 2017). "Tom Mitchell Absolutely Smashes An All-Time Record". Triple M. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. "Mitchell an All Australian". Hawthorn Football Club. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. McGowan, Mark (26 September 2017). "Dusty's late surge seals record-breaking win". Australian Football League.
  10. "Mitchell wins first PCM". Hawthorn Football Club. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  11. Naghten, Tom (24 March 2018). "Tom Mitchell collects record 54 disposals as Hawthorn handle Collingwood". Sporting News Media. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  12. "Season and Game Records (1965-2018): Most Disposals In A Game". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  13. "Season and Game Records (1965-2018): Most Disposals In A Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  14. Staff Writers (30 August 2018). "Mitchell voted 2018 AFL Players' MVP". AFL Players. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  15. Laughton, Max (11 January 2019). "Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell likely to miss entire 2019 season with a broken leg". Fox Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  16. "Mitchell arrives at Pies in a three-way deal". Collingwood. Telstra. 12 October 2022.
  17. "Tom Mitchell". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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