Mitch Hallahan (born 23 August 1992) is a former professional

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who played with the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

and

Gold Coast Suns The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in the ...

in the

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(AFL).

AFL career

Hallahan was an all round junior sportsman, he learnt to box in a

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gym. He won a state title in the Victorian cadet boxing championships. Hallahan was a co-captain of the

Dandenong Stingrays The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regiona ...

team in the TAC Cup in 2010, but an ankle injury during the season caused a drop-off in form.

Hawthorn (2011–2014)

Hallahan was drafted by with the 38th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft, and continued to struggle with his ankle injury during the 2011 season. In 2012 and 2013, Hallahan played exclusively with Hawthorn's ,

Box Hill Hawks The Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, currently competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW). Since 2000, Box Hill has had a reserves a ...

. In 2013 he won the J.J. Liston Trophy in a three-way tie with

Steve Clifton Stephen Clifton (born 27 May 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). Clifton, who played his junior football with Lake Wendouree befor ...

( North Ballarat) and Jordan Schroder (

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), all on 17 votes. Hallahan was selected to make his debut for Hawthorn against at the MCG on Easter Monday, 2014. He was named on the interchange bench.

Gold Coast (2015–2017)

On 16 October 2014, after struggling to break into the premier Hawthorn team during the regular season, Hallahan was traded to the

Gold Coast Football Club The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The ...

. Hallahan was delisted by Gold Coast in September 2017.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * VFL premiership player (): 2013 Individual * J.J. Liston Trophy: 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallahan, Mitch Hawthorn Football Club players Box Hill Football Club players 1992 births Living people J. J. Liston Trophy winners Dandenong Stingrays players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Gold Coast Football Club players