Mitchell Gordon McGovern (born 11 October 1994) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). He was drafted with the forty-third selection in the 2014 national draft by the Adelaide Football Club from

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(WAFL) club

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AFL career

Adelaide

In 2015, McGovern's first season at AFL level was interrupted by injuries, but he showed promise in the

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(SANFL), kicking 15 goals in 11 games for Adelaide's reserves side. He made his AFL debut in round 1,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

against North Melbourne. During the last quarter of the Round 3

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in 2017, McGovern injured his hamstring and had to leave the ground for the rest of the match. In Round 19 2017, McGovern took a large pack mark with approximately two seconds left in the last quarter and goaled after the final siren to draw with despite his team at one stage being 50 points down during the match. McGovern's hamstring worries continued early in Adelaide's 2017 finals series, and as a result missed out on their preliminary final against and the following 2017 Grand Final against .

Carlton

After the 2018 season, McGovern informed the Crows he would like to be traded, despite having two years left on his contract. After requesting a trade to , McGovern was traded on 10 October. Battling through consistent injuries, McGovern played only five games in 2021 and seven games in 2022. McGovern overcame his injury woes and reinvented himself as a footballer, moving down to defence under new coach

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. In a

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

grudge match against , McGovern had an opportunity to kick a goal after the siren to win the match for with his team down by three points. However, McGovern failed to kick a score, missing the opportunity to become just the third player to kick a goal after the siren to salvage points for his team after

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and

Gary Rohan Gary Rohan (born 7 June 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently playing for Port Fairy in the Hampden League. Junior career Rohan ...

Personal life

Mitch is the younger brother of former player

Jeremy McGovern Jeremy Ronald McGovern (born 15 April 1992) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was a tall key-position player who spent most of his career as a defender, altho ...

, and the son of former and player Andrew McGovern. Mitch McGovern, after being tutored by Cam Ellis-Yolmen, is proficient at the

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. McGovern is the father of two children with wife Kirsten. Their names are Margot and Hamish.

Statistics

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2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGovern, Mitch Living people 1994 births Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Carlton Football Club players Adelaide Football Club players Claremont Football Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen