Australian rules footballer
| Mitch Morton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Mitchell Robert Morton | ||
| Nickname(s) | The Determinator | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-01-28) 28 January 1987 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Western Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Claremont(WAFL) | ||
| Draft |
44th (Father-Son) overall, 2004 West Coast | ||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half Forward/Full Forward | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2005–2007 | West Coast | 12 0(11) | |
| 2008–2011 | Richmond | 59 0(94) | |
| 2012–2013 | Sydney | 12 0(11) | |
| Total | 83 (116) | ||
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Mitchell Morton (born 28 January 1987) is a former Australian rules football player who last played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Career
Morton was initially drafted by the West Coast Eagles under the father–son rule as he is the son of Noel Morton, who played 171 WAFL games for Claremont.
At the end of the 2007 season, West Coast traded Morton to Richmond for the number 35 draft pick in the 2007 AFL draft. Morton was prominent and vital member of the Tigers squad, winning the Michael Roach medal as the leading goal kicker for the club this season (2009) with 41 goals. Morton fell out of favour in 2011, only managing 9 games. He was subsequently traded to the Sydney Swans on 17 October 2011 for draft pick #79.
In his first year on the Swans' list, he played the vast majority of the year in the reserves side in the NEAFL. Despite kicking bags of goals on a regular basis, Morton was denied his debut in the seniors side until very late in the season. Halfway through the year he was told that in order to have any chance of winning a spot in the seniors side he had to improve specific parts of his game that had nothing to do with his goal kicking. Having improved sufficiently in those areas along with an injury to Ben McGlynn, Morton was able to secure a spot in the Sydney side for the finals. He kicked 2 goals in the Qualifying final against the Adelaide Crows and another 2 in the 2012 AFL Grand Final against the Hawthorn Hawks, justifying the gamble the Swans took on him.
Towards the end of the 2013 AFL season, Morton announced his retirement, to pursue a career in the corporate sector.
Personal life
A former student of Hale School in Perth, Mitch is the brother of Jarryd, who played for Hawthorn, and Cale, who has played for Melbourne and West Coast.
Statistics
- Statistics are correct as end of round 22 season 2014
| G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
| B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2005 | West Coast | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 | West Coast | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| 2007 | West Coast | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 64 | 42 | 106 | 37 | 11 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| 2008 | Richmond | 20 | 17 | 35 | 16 | 131 | 60 | 191 | 80 | 36 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | Richmond | 20 | 21 | 41 | 26 | 188 | 123 | 311 | 119 | 56 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 14.8 | 5.7 | 2.7 |
| 2010 | Richmond | 20 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 113 | 93 | 206 | 52 | 39 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 17.2 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| 2011 | Richmond | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 49 | 112 | 23 | 26 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 2012 | Sydney | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 42 | 13 | 15 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| 2013 | Sydney | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 69 | 14 | 20 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
| Career | 83 | 116 | 64 | 638 | 430 | 1068 | 351 | 206 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 12.9 | 4.2 | 2.5 | ||
References
- ^ Gleeson, Michael (13 June 2009). "Mitch Morton is learning the hard way".
- Lane, Samantha (30 September 2012). "The luckiest man counts his blessings".
- "Morton quits for corporate career". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- Mitch Morton's player profile at AFL Tables
External links
- Mitch Morton's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
- Mitch Morton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- WAFL playing statistics
| Sydney Swans 2012 AFL Premiers | |
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| Sydney Swans 14.7 (91) defeated Hawthorn Football Club 11.15 (81), 14.7 (91) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Coach: Longmire |
| Richmond Football Club · leading goalkickers | |
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| VFL/AFL |
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| AFL Women's | |
- 1987 births
- Living people
- West Coast Eagles players
- Richmond Football Club players
- Sydney Swans players
- Sydney Swans premiership players
- Claremont Football Club players
- People educated at Hale School
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- People from Lake Grace, Western Australia
- Perth Football Club players
- Coburg Football Club players
- VFL/AFL premiership players