Hugh Mitchell (Australian footballer)

Hugh Mitchell
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-11-22)22 November 1934
Date of death 27 October 2024(2024-10-27) (aged 89)
Original team(s) Moonee Imperials
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1967 Essendon 224 (306)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1970–1973 Dandenong 79 (48–29–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Career highlights
  • Essendon best and fairest 1959
  • Equal third, 1959 Brownlow Medal (14 votes)
  • Victorian state team: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (13 goals)
  • Essendon vice-captain: 1963
  • Essendon acting captain: 1961 (once), 1965 (once)
  • Essendon life member 1962
  • Essendon premiership player 1962, 1965
  • Essendon leading goalkicker 1955, 1961, 1964
  • Dandenong Team of the Century (ruck-rover)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh Mitchell (22 November 1934 – 27 October 2024) was an Australian rules footballer and coach who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Dandenong in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1950s and 1960s.

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