Christoper Grant Mitchell (1 January 1947 – 26 November 2022) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Geelong
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and
Carlton in the
VFL.
Playing with the Old Geelong Grammarians, he was awarded the Best & Fairest Award in 1965, the same year he entered
Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
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where he continued on the field, playing in Trinity's 1st XVIII football team.
An athletic, strong marking
ruckman,
Mitchell was handy around goals and kicked 23 of them in his debut season for Geelong in
1967
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. He would play in the
1967 VFL Grand Final, sharing ruck duties with
Graham Farmer.
In 1969 he left Victoria and signed up with
WANFL club
East Perth
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where he spent two years before returning to Geelong. He represented Western Australia in a game at the
1969 Adelaide Carnival. His second stint at the Cats lasted just half a season and he finished the year at Carlton. It was against Geelong that he made his Carlton debut and he kicked a career high five goals.
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Mitchell died on 26 November 2022.]
References
* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
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Blueseum profile
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1947 births
2022 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Geelong Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
East Perth Football Club players
People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne)
20th-century Australian sportsmen