Mike Demaine

Mike Demaine
Personal information
Full name Michael Demaine
Date of birth (1948-03-01)1 March 1948
Date of death 15 September 2013(2013-09-15) (aged 65)
Original team(s) Mornington
Height/Weight 183 cm / 80 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1965–1966 Hawthorn 11 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1966 season.

Michael "Mike" Demaine (1 March 1948 – 15 September 2013)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Demaine, who came from Mornington, was a wingman and half forward flanker.[2] He made 10 appearances for Hawthorn in the 1965 VFL season.[3]

In the opening round of the 1966 season, against Collingwood, Demaine was seriously injured and had to have a ruptured kidney removed. He never appeared for Hawthorn again but played some good football for Mt Eliza.[4]

References

  1. "Mike Demaine - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. AFL Tables: Mike Demaine
  4. The Age,"Demaine has operation", 27 April 1966, p. 1
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