| Michael Young | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1958 |
| Originalteam: | Clarence (TANFL) |
| Debutdate: | Round 15, 1977 |
| Debutstadium: | Moorabbin Oval |
| Height: | 187 cm |
| Weight: | 81 kg |
| Statsend: | 1984 |
| Years1: | 1977–1980 |
| Games Goals1: | 37 (12) |
| Years2: | 1981–1983 |
| Games Goals2: | 15 (3) |
| Games Goalstotal: | 52 (15) |
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Michael Young (16 December 1958 – 16 September 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also listed at the Essendon Football Club, but he did not play a game.
Young made his debut with Carlton midway into the 1977 season and played as a wingman in Carlton's 1979 premiership side. He crossed to Melbourne in 1981.
He died from cancer in September 2018.[1]