- Mitchell Thorp
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Mitchell Thorp Personal information Birth 25 December 1988 Recruited from Tassie Mariners, Northern Bombers Height and weight 194 cm / 86 kg Playing career¹ Debut 2007, Hawthorn v.
Richmond, at MCGTeam(s) Hawthorn Football Club (2007–2009)
2 Games, 1 Goal
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season Career highlights Mitchell Thorp (born 25 December 1988) is an Australian rules football player who formerly played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A key position player taken at pick 6 in the 2006 National Draft.
Thorp debuted against Richmond in round 15 and after a large media build up he played a promising game, including kicking a goal. An injury from that game mean't he was not unable to play the following week.
Called in as a late replacement, Thorp played his second game against Sydney in Round 2 2009.
Thorp had surgery to remove a bone fragment and have a pin inserted in his foot. Thorp would take at least three months to recover from a broken sesamoid bone in his left foot. The injury ruled Thorp out for the rest of the 2009 season.[1]
Thorp was delisted by the Hawthorn Football club on Wednesday 28 October 2009 after no club showed interest in him.[2] He later entered the National Draft.
In 2010, Thorp played as a forward for Werribee Football Club in the VFL.
In 2011, he returned to play football in Tasmania for the South Launceston Football Club.He has been appointed coach of South Launceston for the 2012 season. [3]
Cited references
External links
- Mitchell Thorp's profile on the Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mitch_Thorp.html
Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Hawthorn Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Tasmania
- Tassie Mariners players
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