Max Miers (6 October 1940 – 19 January 2003)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton for one season and with Fitzroy for three seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Max Miers
Personal information
Full name Max Miers
Date of birth (1940-10-06)6 October 1940
Date of death 19 January 2003(2003-01-19) (aged 62)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1960–61 Carlton 06 0(0)
1962–65 Fitzroy 40 (11)
Total 46 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Football

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Fitzroy (VFL)

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On 6 July 1963, playing as resting forward-pocket ruckman, and kicking one goal, he was a member of the young and inexperienced Fitzroy team that comprehensively and unexpectedly defeated Geelong, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Max Miers - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.575

References

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  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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