Mick Grace
| Mick Grace | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael John Grace | ||
| Date of birth | 24 July 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnley, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 May 1912 (aged 37) | ||
| Place of death | Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Height / weight | 180cm, 78 kg | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1895-1896 | Fitzroy (VFA) | 35 (19) | |
| 1897–1900 | Fitzroy | 65 (55) | |
| 1903–1907 | Carlton | 86 (133) | |
| 1908 | St Kilda | 16 (26) | |
| Total | 202 (233) | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (W–L–D) | |
| 1908 | St Kilda | 19 (10–9–0) | |
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael John "Mick" Grace (24 July 1874 – 21 May 1912) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club, Carlton Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Mick Grace was a follower/forward who started his career at the top level in the VFA in 1895 with Fitzroy, joining his older brother Jim. Grace was part of Fitzroy's premiership team in that season (although no Grand Final was played in the VFA at the time). In 1897, Fitzroy was one of the eight clubs to form the VFL as a breakaway competition from the VFA, and in 1898 and 1899, Grace was part of back-to-back VFL premierships with the Maroons. He was regarded as the best player on the ground in the 1898 Grand Final. Grace was part of the Maroons' 1900 losing premiership side, then retired from playing.
In 1903, influential coach Jack Worrall persuaded Grace to return to the VFL for Carlton. Grace played for Carlton between 1903 and 1907. He won a further two VFL premierships with Carlton (in 1906 and 1907), and in 1906 he kicked 50 goals in a single season, the first VFL player ever to do so.
Grace retired from the VFL again halfway through the 1907 season, and was set to play for Brighton in the VFA for the remainder of the season, before Worrall convinced him to return to Carlton for the successful finals campaign.
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