David Mirra
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{for|the American BMX rider|Dave Mirra}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = David Mirra
| image = David Mirra 2019.2.jpg
| caption = Mirra playing for Hawthorn in April 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|03|20|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| originalteam = {{VFL Box}} (VFL)
| draftpick = No. 23, 2018 rookie draft
| debutdate = Round 4, 2018
| debutteam = {{AFL Haw}}
| debutopponent = {{AFL Mel}}
| debutstadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
| height = 186 cm
| weight = 89 kg
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| guernsey =
| years1 = 2018–2019
| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}
| games_goals1 = 11 (0)
| statsend = 2019
| careerhighlights =
- 2× VFL premiership player: 2013, 2018
- VFL premiership captain: 2013
- Norm Goss Memorial Medal: 2018
- 2× {{VFL Box}} best and fairest: 2016, 2019
- 3× VFL Representative: 2013, 2014, 2016
- 4× VFL Team of the Year: 2011, 2013–2015
- VAFA Premier leading goalkicker: 2023
}}
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.{{Cite news|date=4 November 2019|title=David Mirra joins Collegians in the VAFA Premier|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/vafa/david-mirra-to-play-with-vafa-premier-club-collegians/news-story/9842a7111e6824f3a985f0662a212df9}}{{cite web |title=The race begins for supremacy in William Buck Premier Men’s |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/news/2024/04/10/the-race-begins-for-supremacy-in-william-buck-premier-mens/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=25 May 2024 |date=10 April 2024}}
VFL career
As a young player who was no longer eligible for junior football, Mirra joined the {{VFL Box}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/history/premierships |title=Premierships - HAWTHORNFC.com.au |website=www.hawthornfc.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115003621/http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/history/premierships |archive-date=2013-01-15}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/box-hill-captain-david-mirra-selected-by-hawthorn-in-afl-rookie-draft/news-story/87ab2319980e0ca871774a7edfef5f03|title=Box Hill captain David Mirra selected by Hawthorn in AFL rookie draft|last=Prime|first=Tony|date=28 November 2017|work=Leader|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=15 April 2018}} 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. He made his AFL debut in the sixty-seven point win against {{AFL Mel}} at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round four of the 2018 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2018-04-13/mirra-to-live-his-afl-dream|title=Mirra to live his AFL dream|date=15 April 2018|work=HawthornFC.com.au|publisher=Telstra Media|access-date=15 April 2018}} Mirra played 7 games in his debut season including the semi-final loss to {{AFL Mel}}. He was promoted to the main list at the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/player-movement-in-2018/?action=twitter-login-redirect&callback=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aflplayers.com.au%2Farticle%2Fplayer-movement-in-2018%2F|title=Player movement in 2018|date=31 October 2018}}
Mirra played four games in his second season before getting delisted at the end of the year.
Statistics
{{AFL player statistics legend}}
{{AFL player statistics start with votes}}
|- style=background:#EAEAEA
| 2018 || {{AFL Haw}} || 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 || {{AFL Haw}} || 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{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Mirra.html|title=David Mirra|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=15 April 2018}}
! 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
- 2× VFL premiership player ({{VFL Box}}): 2013, 2018
- Minor premiership ({{VFL Box}}): 2015
Individual
- VFL premiership captain: 2013
- Norm Goss Memorial Medal: 2018
- 2× Col Austen Trophy: 2016, 2019
- 3× VFL Representative: 2013, 2014, 2016
- 4× VFL Team of the Year: 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{AFL Tables|ref=D/David_Mirra.html}}
{{2018 AFL rookie draft}}
{{2018 Box Hill premiership players}}
{{Norm Goss Memorial Medal}}
{{Box Hill All-Stars}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirra, David}}
Category:Hawthorn Football Club players
Category:Box Hill Football Club players