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Chris Mew

Chris Mew
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-05-07) 7 May 1961 (age 56)
Original team(s) Rosebud
Height / weight 189 cm / 90 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1980–1992 Hawthorn 230 (21)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Career highlights
  • Hawthorn premiership player (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Chris Mew (born 7 May 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian/Australian Football League.

A defender, Mew usually played at centre half back and was a five time premiership player, in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991.

He retired after the 1989 season but was talked into returning by weekly visits from his coach Allan Jeans.

In 1992 he ruptured his Achilles tendon and retired immediately.

Mew was named as a centre half back in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.



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