Kevin Mithen

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Kevin Mithen
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Full name Kevin Mithen
Date of birth(1936-04-14)14 April 1936
Date of death 23 July 2014(2014-07-23) (aged 78)
Original team(s) Ormond [1]
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 75.5 kg (166 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957–58 Melbourne 4 (0)
1962 South Melbourne 4 (1)
Total8 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin Mithen (14 April 1936 – 23 July 2014 [2] ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [3]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Ormond's Test in Amateur Football". 5 May 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ↑ AFL Record Season Guide. Slattery Media Group. 2015. p. 1118.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 583. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
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