Mitch Brown (Australian footballer born 1990)

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

Mitch Brown
Personal information
Full name	Mitchell Brown
Date of birth	(1990-08-28) 28 August 1990
Original team(s)	Cheltenham Mentone Grammar (AGSV) Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft	15th overall, 2008, Geelong 54th overall, 2015, Essendon
Height/Weight	196 cm / 93 kg
Position(s)	Forward / Defender
Club information
Current club	Essendon
Number	28
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2011–2014 2016–	Geelong Essendon	15 (9) 00 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2014 season.

Mitchell "Mitch" Brown (born 28 August 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Geelong between 2011 and 2014.

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.

Statistics

^[6]^[7]

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
2009	Geelong	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010	Geelong	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	Geelong	1	2	3	2	14	3	17	6	2	1.5	1.0	7.0	1.5	8.5	3.0	1.0
2012	Geelong	1	3	2	2	16	7	23	11	4	0.7	0.7	5.3	2.3	7.7	3.7	1.3
2013	Geelong	1	5	—	2	37	21	58	22	4	—	0.4	7.4	4.2	11.6	4.4	0.8
2014	Geelong	1	5	4	3	37	19	56	17	11	0.8	0.6	7.4	3.8	11.2	3.4	2.2
Career totals			15	9	9	104	50	154	56	21	0.6	0.6	7.0	3.3	10.3	3.7	1.4

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

References

↑ Broad, Ben; Brown a late bloomer to draft bolter; 29 November 2008
1 2 Quayle, Emma (30 November 2008). "Persistence pays for new Cat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
↑ Auciello, Michael (4 April 2009). "Mitch Brown injured in VFL". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
↑ "Taylor Hunt among three more Cats delisted". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
↑ Twomey, Callum. "Bombers confirm five top-up players for NAB Challenge". afl.com.au. AFL. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
↑ "Mitch Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
↑ "Mitchell Brown of the Geelong Cats Career AFL Stats". footywire.com. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

External links

Mitch Brown's statistics from AFL Tables

Essendon Football Club – current squad

1 Hibberd**
2 Bellchambers**
3 Parish
4 Watson**
5 Stanton**
6 Daniher
7 Z. Merrett
8 Gleeson
9 Goddard (c)
10 Francis
11 Zaharakis
12 Baguley (vc)
13 Fantasia
14 Ashby
15 Dempsey
16 Pears**
17 Cooney
18 Hurley**
19 Edwards
20 J. Merrett
21 Heppell**
22 Leuenberger
23 Myers**
24 Bird
25 Morgan
26 Hooker**
27 Redman
28 Brown
29 Ambrose
30 Langford
32 Colyer**
33 Laverde
34 Long*
35 Eades
36 Hartley
37 Nyuon*
38 Kommer
39 Hocking**
40 Howlett**
41 Hams*
42 Gwilt
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti*
44 McKernan
45 McKenna*
46 Wallis*
47 Kelly+
48 Stokes+
49 Dea+
50 Polkinghorne+
51 Crowley+
52 Simpkin+
53 Jamar+
54 Grimley+
Grima+

Coach: Worsfold

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

+ denotes top-up players

2008 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Tyrone Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Daniel Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Thomas Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

2015 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jacob Weitering 2. Josh Schache 3. Callum Mills (Academy selection) 4. Clayton Oliver 5. Darcy Parish 6. Aaron Francis 7. Jacob Hopper (Academy selection) 8. Callum Ah Chee 9. Sam Weideman 10. Harry McKay 11. Wayne Milera 12. Charlie Curnow 13. Matthew Kennedy (Academy selection) 14. Eric Hipwood (Academy selection) 15. Daniel Rioli 16. Harrison Himmelberg (Academy selection) 17. Tom Doedee 18. Jade Gresham 19. Ryan Burton 20. Brayden Fiorini 21. Ben McKay 22. Kieran Lovell 23. David Cuningham

Second round	24. Ben Keays (Academy selection) 25. Josh Dunkley 26. Kieran Collins 27. Darcy Tucker 28. Luke Partington 29. Alex Morgan 30. Mason Redman 31. Ryan Clarke 32. Brayden Sier 33. Mitchell Hibberd 34. Joshua Schoenfeld 35. Marcus Adams 36. Tom Cole 37. Riley Bonner 38. Harley Balic

Third round	39. Rhys Mathieson 40. Brandon White 41. Matthew Flynn (Academy selection) 42. Mitch King 43. Corey Wagner 44. Blake Hardwick 45. Aidyn Johnson 46. Liam Hulett 47. Sam Skinner 48. Bailey Williams 49. Bailey Rice (F/S) 50. Oleg Markov 51. Tyrone Leonardis 52. Mackenzie Willis 53. Jack Silvagni (F/S) 54. Mitch Brown

Fourth round	55. Samuel Collins 56. Jordan Dawson 57. Kurt Mutimer 58. Tom Phillips 59. Ryan Gardner 60. Declan Mountford 61. Shane Yarran 62. Matthew Allen

Fifth round	63. Rupert Wills 64. Yestin Eades 65. Ben Crocker 66. Sam Menegola 67. Nathan Broad

Sixth round	68. Michael Hartley 69. Wylie Buzza

Seventh round	70. Matthew Hayball

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