David Mirra

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David Mirra
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Mirra playing for Hawthorn in April 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991 (age 33)
Original team(s) Box Hill (VFL)
Draft No. 23, 2018 rookie draft
Debut Round 4, 2018, Hawthorn  vs. Melbourne, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018–2019 Hawthorn 11 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2019.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

David Mirra (born 20 March 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Following his AFL career, he joined Collegians Football Club in the VAFA competition, before retiring at the end of the 2023 season. [1] [2]

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VFL career

As a young player who was no longer eligible for junior football, Mirra joined the Box Hill in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2010. In his first season with the club, he played just one senior game, spending the rest of the season playing in the development team which won the premiership. From 2011 onward, Mirra was a regular senior player for Box Hill. He became a solid and dependable defender and had been selected for the VFL in state representative matches on three occasions. In 2013, Mirra led Box Hill to a grand final win after club captain, Daniel Pratt, was unable to play because of injury. [3] He has been named in the VFL team of the year four times and won the club best and fairest in 2016 having previously been runner-up on four occasions.

To the end of the 2019 season; Mirra has played 155 senior games for Box Hill and captained the side for four seasons from 2014 to 2017. [4] He has captained the Box Hill Hawks in 78 matches, a club record.

AFL career

Mirra was drafted by Hawthorn with their second selection and twenty-third overall in the 2018 rookie draft. [4] He made his AFL debut in the sixty-seven point win against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four of the 2018 season. [5] Mirra played 7 games in his debut season including the semi-final loss to Melbourne. He was promoted to the main list at the end of the season. [6] Mirra played four games in his second season before getting delisted at the end of the year.

Statistics

Legend
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SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2018 Hawthorn 32700773811540100.00.011.05.416.45.71.40
2019 Hawthorn 3240046247023120.00.011.56.017.55.83.00
Career [7] 11001236218563220.00.011.25.616.85.72.00

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "David Mirra joins Collegians in the VAFA Premier". 4 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "The race begins for supremacy in William Buck Premier Men's". Victorian Amateur Football Association. 10 April 2024. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Premierships - HAWTHORNFC.com.au". www.hawthornfc.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 Prime, Tony (28 November 2017). "Box Hill captain David Mirra selected by Hawthorn in AFL rookie draft". Leader. News Corp Australia . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mirra to live his AFL dream". HawthornFC.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Player movement in 2018". 31 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "David Mirra". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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