Mitch Brown (footballer, born 1990)

Mitchell Brown (born 28 August 1990) is an Australian rules footballer for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Geelong between 2009 and 2014 and Essendon between 2016 and 2019.

This article is about the Essendon footballer. For the West Coast Eagles footballer, see Mitch Brown (Australian footballer born 1988).

Mitch Brown
Brown playing for Essendon in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Brown
Date of birth (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990
Original team(s) Cheltenham Panthers (SMJFL)
Mentone Grammar (AGSV)
Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft 15th overall, 2008, Geelong
54th overall, 2015, Essendon
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 93 kg (205 lb)
Position(s) Forward / Defender
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Number 38
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2011–2014 Geelong 15 0(9)
2016–2019 Essendon 55 (59)
2020– Melbourne 5 (2)
Total 75 (70)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020 season.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brown was selected by Geelong with their first round selection (15th overall) in the 2008 AFL Draft, after originally not being considered by most as a top-20 selection.[1] He had previously been playing with the Cheltenham Panthers and the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. He was originally not selected by the Dragons until he had a growth spurt and performed well for his school, Mentone Grammar School.[2] He has also represented Victoria at cricket at junior levels.[2]

Brown broke his leg in a VFL practice match and missed the 2009 season.[3] Injuries wrecked his time at Geelong and eventually Brown was delisted at the conclusion of the 2014 AFL season.[4]

In February 2015, Brown was given a short-term contract by Essendon to play in the 2015 NAB Challenge as a "top-up" player, due to 19 Essendon players withdrawing from the NAB Challenge because of the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy.[5] Brown played and impressed in all 3 games for Essendon in the NAB Challenge, playing as a key defender.

At the conclusion of the NAB Challenge, Brown returned to Sandringham in the VFL, where he further impressed as a "swingman", playing at both ends. Brown kicked 23 goals in his 21 games for Sandringham, and was named as the Centre half-forward in the VFL team of the year.

Brown was so impressive during his NAB Challenge stint and his VFL season, that he was drafted with pick 54 to Essendon for the 2016 AFL season onwards.

After his delisting from Essendon at the conclusion of the 2019 AFL season, Brown was signed by Melbourne during the supplementary selection period (SSP) ahead of the 2020 season.[6]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to end of the 2020 season [7][8]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2009Geelong10——————————————
2010Geelong10——————————————
2011Geelong123214317621.51.07.01.58.53.01.0
2012Geelong1322167231140.70.75.32.37.73.71.3
2013Geelong15—2372158224—0.47.44.211.64.40.8
2014Geelong154337195617110.80.67.43.811.23.42.2
2016Essendon28212017198103301130371.00.89.44.914.36.21.8
2017Essendon284——402969205——10.07.317.35.01.3
2018Essendon28141871246418892221.30.58.94.613.46.61.6
2019Essendon281621131467422096161.30.89.14.613.86.01.0
2020[lower-alpha 1]Melbourne385233918573060.40.67.83.611.46.01.2
Career totals 75 70 49 651 338 989 424 107 0.9 0.7 8.7 4.5 13.2 5.7 1.4

Notes

  1. The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. Broad, Ben; Brown a late bloomer to draft bolter Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine; 29 November 2008
  2. Quayle, Emma (30 November 2008). "Persistence pays for new Cat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  3. Auciello, Michael (4 April 2009). "Mitch Brown injured in VFL". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  4. "Taylor Hunt among three more Cats delisted". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  5. Twomey, Callum. "Bombers confirm five top-up players for NAB Challenge". afl.com.au. AFL. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2019-12-03/brown-becomes-a-demon
  7. "Mitch Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  8. "Mitchell Brown of the Geelong Cats Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
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