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Australian rules footballer

Sam Mitchell

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Mitchell
Original team(s)	Eastern U18/Box Hill Hawks
Draft	36 overall, 2001 Hawthorn
Height / weight	179cm / 84kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	5
Career highlights
Honours National AFL Rising Star 2003 Best Hawthorn Clubman 2005 Hawthorn Vice-Captain 2006,2007 Peter Crimmins Medal 2006 Hawthorn Captain 2008 AFL Premiership Captain 2008 J.J. Liston Trophy (VFL Best and fairest medal) 2002
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Samuel Mitchell (born 12 October 1982) is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Debut season

A product of Mooroolbark, in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs, Mitchell was recruited to the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL in the 2001 AFL Draft with selection 36 (received in the deal which saw Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin head to Fremantle, and the numbers one Luke Hodge and 36 (Mitchell) selections go Hawthorn's way). The first half of his debut season in 2002 saw him playing with the Box Hill Hawks, until he broke into the Hawthorn side midway through the season due to some amazing form. Following some unimpressive performances where he never managed more than 14 disposals, he was dropped for Round 15 but was recalled after more eye-catching performances in Round 19. It turns out he polled 31 votes in just 11 games for the VFL's best and fairest award, the J. J. Liston Trophy which was the main reason for his constant recalls to the Hawthorn side.He is currently captian for hawthorn

2003-present

In 2003 Mitchell continued to improve, winning the AFL Rising Star award and becoming known as "the Extractor" (particularly by commentator Brian Taylor) for his high amount of clearances and ability to win the ball out of middle of the ground.

A solid season followed in 2004, and in 2005 he played a "super" season until a foot injury sidelined him in Round 15. For the 2006 season, Mitchell was named vice-captain of Hawthorn and displayed stellar form throughout the season culminating in winning the Peter Crimmins Medal for Hawthorn's best and fairest.

In 2007 he capped of another wonderful season by coming 3rd in the votes for the highest honour in Australian Football, the Brownlow Medal with 21 votes, 1 short of joint 2nd place winners, North Melbourne's Brent Harvey and Brisbane's Simon Black who both polled 22 votes, and coming 8 votes behind winner of the 2007 Brownlow, Geelong's Jimmy Bartel.

On the 6th of October 2007, during the Peter Crimmins Medal Event, he was announced as Hawthorn's next captain, taking over the reigns from retiring captain Richard Vandenberg.

Mitchell was ineligible for this season's Brownlow Medal following a tripping charge against Melbourne in round nine, 2008. He is amongst a host high profile players also ineligible - including past winner Adam Goodes, Brett Burton, and Hawthorn teammate Lance Franklin amongst others. On saturday, 27th of September, Mitchell captained the Hawks to the 2008 Premiership, the first in 17 years and the clubs 10th, beating the reigning premiers, the Geelong Cats, by 26 points.

Personal life

Mitchell is engaged to Lyndall Degenhardt.

External links

Sam Mitchell's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Sam Mitchell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Interview with The Age

Sporting positions
Preceded byRichie Vandenberg	Hawthorn Football Club Captain 2008-	Succeeded byIncumbent
Awards
Preceded byNick Riewoldt	AFL Rising Star 2003	Succeeded byJared Rivers

v t e Hawthorn Football Club – current squad
1 Morrison 2 Lewis 3 Newcombe 4 Impey 5 Worpel 6 Sicily (c) 7 Reeves 8 Frost 9 Jiath 10 Amon 11 Nash 12 Day 13 Moore (vc) 14 Scrimshaw 15 Hardwick 16 D'Ambrosio 17 Meek 18 Chol 19 Gunston 20 Maginness 21 Mraz 22 Breust (vc) 23 Weddle 24 Battle 25 Ward 26 Ryan 27 McCabe 28 Mackenzie 29 Serong 30 Butler 31 C. Macdonald 32 Anderson 33 Ginnivan 34 Watson 35 Dear 36 Blanck* 37 Barrass 38 Ramsden* 39 Scaife* 40 Se. Mitchell* 41 Hill* 42 B. Macdonald 43 Uhr-Henry* 44 Hustwaite Coach: Sa. Mitchell * denotes rookie listed players

Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

1 Morrison
2 Lewis
3 Newcombe
4 Impey
5 Worpel
6 Sicily (c)
7 Reeves
8 Frost
9 Jiath
10 Amon
11 Nash
12 Day
13 Moore (vc)
14 Scrimshaw
15 Hardwick
16 D'Ambrosio
17 Meek
18 Chol
19 Gunston
20 Maginness
21 Mraz
22 Breust (vc)
23 Weddle
24 Battle
25 Ward
26 Ryan
27 McCabe
28 Mackenzie
29 Serong
30 Butler
31 C. Macdonald
32 Anderson
33 Ginnivan
34 Watson
35 Dear
36 Blanck*
37 Barrass
38 Ramsden*
39 Scaife*
40 Se. Mitchell*
41 Hill*
42 B. Macdonald
43 Uhr-Henry*
44 Hustwaite

Coach: Sa. Mitchell

* denotes rookie listed players

v t e 2001 AFL national draft
First round	1. Luke Hodge (PP) 2. Luke Ball (PP) 3. Chris Judd (PP) 4. Graham Polak 5. Xavier Clarke 6. Ashley Sampi 7. David Hale 8. Jimmy Bartel 9. Luke Molan 10. Sam Power 11. Richard Cole 12. Brent Reilly 13. Nick Dal Santo 14. Ashley Watson 15. Barry Brooks 16. Rick Ladson 17. James Kelly 18. Shane Harvey 19. Jason Gram
Second round	20. Daniel Elstone 21. Matt Maguire 22. Mark Seaby 23. Charlie Gardiner 24. Steve Johnson 25. Steven Armstrong 26. Aaron Rogers 27. Tom Davidson 28. Mark Powell 29. Lewis Roberts-Thomson 30. Rod Crowe 31. Joel Reynolds 32. Campbell Brown 33. David Rodan 34. Simon O'Keefe 35. Jarrad Wright
Third round	36. Sam Mitchell 37. Leigh Montagna 38. Ashley Hansen 39. Justin Davies 40. Gary Ablett Jr. (F/S) 41. Henry Playfair 42. Kieran McGuinness 43. Mark McGough 44. Ben Finnin 45. Nathan Clarke 46. Jarrad Waite (F/S) 47. Andrew Welsh 48. Simon Cox 49. Josh Houlihan 50. Paul Salmon
Fourth round	52. Andrew Browne 53. Daniel Hunt 54. Ben Robbins 55. Brad Miller 56. Paul Medhurst 57. Brent Colbert 58. Dane Swan 59. Jacob Schuback 60. Adam Schneider 61. Mick Martyn 62. Damon White 63. Adam Houlihan 64. Daniel McAlister
Sixth round	68. Chris Hyde 69. Matthew McCarthy 71. Brian Harris 72. Tristen Walker 74. Ricky Mott 75. Sam Cranage 76. Jared Poulton 77. Marty McGrath
Seventh round	80. Hugh Foott 81. David Johnson
Eighth round	83. Aaron James

v t e Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star winners
1993: Buckley 1994: Scott 1995: Holland 1996: Cousins 1997: Wilson 1998: Pickett 1999: Goodes 2000: Hasleby 2001: Koschitzke 2002: Riewoldt 2003: Mitchell 2004: Rivers 2005: Deledio 2006: Pearce 2007: Selwood 2008: Palmer 2009: Rich 2010: Hannebery 2011: Heppell 2012: Talia 2013: O'Meara 2014: Taylor 2015: Hogan 2016: Mills 2017: McGrath 2018: Stephenson 2019: Walsh 2020: Serong 2021: Jackson 2022: Daicos 2023: Sheezel 2024: Dempsey

Ron Evans Medal • AFL Rising Star winners

1993: Buckley
1994: Scott
1995: Holland
1996: Cousins
1997: Wilson
1998: Pickett
1999: Goodes
2000: Hasleby
2001: Koschitzke
2002: Riewoldt
2003: Mitchell
2004: Rivers
2005: Deledio
2006: Pearce
2007: Selwood
2008: Palmer
2009: Rich
2010: Hannebery
2011: Heppell
2012: Talia
2013: O'Meara
2014: Taylor
2015: Hogan
2016: Mills
2017: McGrath
2018: Stephenson
2019: Walsh
2020: Serong
2021: Jackson
2022: Daicos
2023: Sheezel
2024: Dempsey

v t e Victorian Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match
Bartel Bradshaw C. Brown J. Brown (c) Chapman Croad Fevola Foley Fraser Goodes Harvey Johnson Judd Kelly Milburn Mitchell Murphy O'Keefe Pendlebury Power Scarlett Selwood Shaw Simmonds Waite Coach: Thompson

Victorian Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Coach: Thompson

v t e Hawthorn Football Club 2008 AFL premiers
Hawthorn 18.7 (115) defeated Geelong 11.23 (89), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Roughead 3. Lewis 4. Ladson 5. Mitchell (c) 6. Williams 7. Osborne 8. Ellis 9. Crawford 10. Bateman 11. Young 12. Sewell 14. Birchall 15. Hodge 18. Guerra 23. Franklin 24. Croad 27. Gilham 30. Brown 31. Dew 33. Rioli 34. Renouf 39. Campbell
Coach: Clarkson

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