Chris Mew

Chris Mew
Chris Mew
Personal information
Date of birth	7 May 1961 (age 64)
Original team(s)	Rosebud
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1980–1992	Hawthorn
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.
Career highlights
	Hawthorn premiership player (1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991); 1x VFL Team of Year: 1984; Australian Football Hall of Fame;
	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.

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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.

At the start of 1993, without playing a game, 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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