Jim Mitchell
Personal information
Full name James Anderson Mitchell
Date of birth (1920-11-26)26 November 1920
Place of birth Malvern East, Victoria
Date of death 14 October 1996(1996-10-14) (aged 75)
Place of death Bowral, New South Wales[1]
Original team(s) University Blacks[2]
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1946–48 Melbourne 42 (33)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Anderson Mitchell (26 November 1920 – 14 October 1996) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]

Prior to playing for Melbourne, Mitchell served in the Australian Army for five years during World War II.[4]

Notes

  1. "Deaths". The Age. Melbourne. 23 October 1996. p. C11.
  2. "Star Amateur Joins Melbourne". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 June 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 15 October 2014 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 582. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  4. "World War II Roll: James Anderson Mitchell". Department of Veterans Affairs.
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