Chris Mew

Chris Mew
Personal information
Date of birth7 May 1961
Original teamRosebud
Height/Weight189 cm / 90 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1980-1992Hawthorn230 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1992 season.
Career highlights
  • Hawthorn premiership player (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)

Chris Mew (born 7 May 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian/Australian Football League.

A defender, Mew usually played at centre half back and was a five time premiership player, in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991.

He retired after the 1989 season but was talked into returning by weekly visits from his coach Allan Jeans.

In 1992 he ruptured his Achilles tendon and retired immediately.

Mew was named as a centre half back in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.

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