Mitch Crowden

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

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

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

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

  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.