Hugh Mitchell (Australian footballer)

Hugh Mitchell
Personal information
Date of birth (1934-11-22) 22 November 1934 (age 89)
Original team(s) Moonee Imperials
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–1967 Essendon 224 (306)
Coaching career
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1970–1973 Dandenong 79 (48–29–2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1967.
Career highlights
  • Essendon best and fairest 1959
  • Equal third, 1959 Brownlow Medal (14 votes)
  • Victorian state team: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 (13 goals)
  • Essendon vice-captain: 1963
  • Essendon acting captain: 1961 (once), 1965 (once)
  • Essendon life member 1962
  • Essendon premiership player 1962, 1965
  • Essendon leading goalkicker 1955, 1961, 1964
  • Dandenong Team of the Century (ruck-rover)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Hugh Mitchell (born 22 November 1934) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played for Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Dandenong in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) during the 1950s and 1960s.