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Mitch Crowden
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Jai Crowden
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Mount Barker, South Australia
Original team(s) Meadows Football ClubSturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 59, 2017 national draft
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 12
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018–2022 Fremantle 40 (15)
2023– East Perth 22 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 6, 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mitchell Jai Crowden[1] (born 28 April 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early career

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Originally from Meadows in the Adelaide Hills, Crowden played for Sturt in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), playing in both their 2017 reserves and colts premiership teams.[2] After testing very well at the South Australian draft combine,[2] where he finished in the top 5 in all six categories,[3] he was then selected by Fremantle with their fourth selection, fifty ninth overall, in the 2017 AFL national draft.[4]

AFL career

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Crowden made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the second round of the 2018 AFL season.[5] Crowden signed a two-year contract extension in March 2018 tying him to the club until the end of the 2021 season.[6] Following the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season Mitch was delisted by Fremantle.[7]

Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of round 10, 2022[8]
Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2018 Fremantle 12 9 1 2 38 59 97 21 29 0.1 0.2 4.2 6.6 10.8 2.3 3.2
2019 Fremantle 12 5 3 2 27 33 60 8 24 0.6 0.4 5.4 6.6 12.0 1.6 4.8
2020[a] Fremantle 12 10 6 1 50 34 84 15 47 0.6 0.1 5.0 3.4 8.4 1.5 4.7
2021 Fremantle 12 16 5 7 70 97 167 34 29 0.3 0.4 4.4 6.1 10.4 2.1 1.8
2022 Fremantle 12 0
Career 40 15 12 185 223 408 78 129 0.4 0.3 4.6 5.6 10.2 2.0 3.2

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "PAC Chronicle 2016" (PDF). Prince Alfred College. 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Capel, Andrew (8 November 2017). "Sturt's Mitch Crowden has overcome disappointment of being overlooked for the Draft Combine to make his AFL case". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "2017 AFL State Combine Results". SANFL. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ McGowan, Marc (24 November 2017). "Dockers hoodwink draft experts to spring pick two surprise". Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ Duffield, Mark (29 March 2018). "Roar talent: Freo debutants Cerra and Crowden once Tiger fans". PerthNow. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Crowden commits to 2021". Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Fremantle list update". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Mitch Crowden". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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