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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 with 54 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 (age 29)
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
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2016	Sydney	065 (38)
2017–2022	Hawthorn	106 (38)
2023–	Collingwood	000 0(0)
Total		171 (76)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022.
Career highlights
Brownlow Medal: 2018 Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2018 2× All-Australian team: 2017, 2018 3× Peter Crimmins Medal: 2017, 2018, 2021 AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013 Lou Richards Medal: 2018
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Personal life

Mitchell's father, Barry, was drafted from Northvale JFC in Mulgrave, Victoria by the Sydney Swans and won their best and fairest award, the Bob Skilton Medal in 1991. Barry played for Sydney, Carlton and Collingwood. Tom grew up in Melbourne's eastern suburbs 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.[1] Mitchell's younger sister, Chelsea, signed on to play for Hawthorn's VFL Women's side in 2018.[2]

AFL career

Sydney (2012–2016)

Mitchell was drafted to Sydney with pick 21 in the 2011 AFL draft under the father–son rule.[3] 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 of 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, becoming the first player to have more than one 50+ disposal game in a season.[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 the 2022 season.[17]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
†	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
2012	Sydney	6	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2013	Sydney	6	14	11	17	134	136	270	45	66	0.2	0.3	9.1	8.4	17.5	2.8	4.2	2
2014	Sydney	6	6	2	2	57	68	125	25	34	0.3	0.4	9.4	10.5	19.9	2.8	4.4	0
2015	Sydney	6	19	10	7	211	303	514	70	123	0.5	0.4	11.1	15.9	27.1	3.7	6.5	12
2016	Sydney	6	26	15	13	282	443	725	101	160	0.6	0.5	10.8	17.0	27.9	3.9	6.2	12
2017	Hawthorn	3	22	10	10	307	480	787	117	143	0.5	0.5	14.0	21.8	35.8†	5.3	6.5	25
2018	Hawthorn	3	24	13	7	389	459	848†	113	152	0.5	0.3	16.2	19.1†	35.3†	4.7	6.3	28±
2019	Hawthorn	3	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
2020[lower-alpha 1]	Hawthorn	3	17	2	1	172	257	429	52	75	0.1	0.1	10.1	15.1	25.2	3.1	4.4	10
2021	Hawthorn	3	22	8	5	321	433	754	98	105	0.4	0.2	14.6	19.7†	34.3†	4.5	4.8	25
2022	Hawthorn	3	21	5	7	239	350	589	81	96	0.2	0.3	11.4	16.7	28.0	3.9	4.6	9
Career			171	76	69	2112	2929	5041	702	954	0.4	0.4	12.4	17.1	29.5	4.1	5.6	123

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

• 2× McClelland Trophy (Sydney): 2014, 2016

Individual

• Brownlow Medal: 2018
• Leigh Matthews Trophy: 2018
• 2× All-Australian team: 2017, 2018
• 3× Peter Crimmins Medal: 2017, 2018, 2021
• Lou Richards Medal: 2018
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013

References

External links

• Tom Mitchell's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Tom Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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