David Mirra Explained

David Mirra
Birth Date:20 March 1991
Originalteam: (VFL)
Draftpick:No. 23, 2018 rookie draft
Debutdate:Round 4, 2018
Debutstadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height:186 cm
Weight:89 kg
Position:Defender
Years1:2018–2019
Games Goals1:11 (0)
Statsend:2019
Careerhighlights:

David Mirra (born 20 March 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Following his AFL career, he joined Collegians Football Club in the VAFA competition, before retiring at the end of the 2023 season.[1] [2]

VFL career

As a young player who was no longer eligible for junior football, Mirra joined the in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2010. In his first season with the club, he played just one senior game, spending the rest of the season playing in the development team which won the premiership. From 2011 onward, Mirra was a regular senior player for Box Hill. He became a solid and dependable defender and had been selected for the VFL in state representative matches on three occasions. In 2013, Mirra led Box Hill to a grand final win after club captain, Daniel Pratt, was unable to play because of injury.[3] He has been named in the VFL team of the year four times and won the club best and fairest in 2016 having previously been runner-up on four occasions.

To the end of the 2019 season; Mirra has played 155 senior games for Box Hill and captained the side for four seasons from 2014 to 2017.[4] He has captained the Box Hill Hawks in 78 matches, a club record.

AFL career

Mirra was drafted by Hawthorn with their second selection and twenty-third overall in the 2018 rookie draft.[4] He made his AFL debut in the sixty-seven point win against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four of the 2018 season.[5] Mirra played 7 games in his debut season including the semi-final loss to . He was promoted to the main list at the end of the season.[6] Mirra played four games in his second season before getting delisted at the end of the year.

Statistics

|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2018 || || 32| 7 || 0 || 0 || 77 || 38 || 115 || 40 || 10 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 11.0 || 5.4 || 16.4 || 5.7 || 1.4 || 0|-| 2019 || || 32| 4 || 0 || 0 || 46 || 24 || 70 || 23 || 12 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 11.5 || 6.0 || 17.5 || 5.8 || 3.0 || 0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career[7] ! 11 !! 0 !! 0 !! 123 !! 62 !! 185 !! 63 !! 22 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 11.2 !! 5.6 !! 16.8 !! 5.7 !! 2.0 !! 0|}

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: 4 November 2019. David Mirra joins Collegians in the VAFA Premier.
  2. Web site: The race begins for supremacy in William Buck Premier Men’s . Victorian Amateur Football Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525000042/https://www.vafa.com.au/news/2024/04/10/the-race-begins-for-supremacy-in-william-buck-premier-mens/ . 25 May 2024 . 10 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Premierships - HAWTHORNFC.com.au . www.hawthornfc.com.au . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130115003621/http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/history/premierships . 2013-01-15.
  4. News: Box Hill captain David Mirra selected by Hawthorn in AFL rookie draft. Prime. Tony. 28 November 2017. Leader. News Corp Australia. 15 April 2018.
  5. News: Mirra to live his AFL dream. 15 April 2018. HawthornFC.com.au. Telstra Media. 15 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Player movement in 2018. 31 October 2018.
  7. Web site: David Mirra. AFL Tables. 15 April 2018.