Michael Mansfield (born 8 August 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Michael Mansfield
Personal information
Full name Michael Mansfield
Date of birth (1971-08-08) 8 August 1971 (age 53)
Original team(s) St Joseph's
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s) Half back flank
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1990–1999 Geelong 181 (100)
2000–2002 Carlton 054 0(18)
Total 235 (118)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

A left footed half back flanker, Mansfield was recruited from St Joseph's and debuted for Geelong in 1990. He played 181 games for the Cats before moving to Carlton in 1999 where he brought up his 200th game of AFL. During his time with Geelong, Mansfield was twice named an All-Australian, in 1994 and 1995. Mansfield is now a stockbroker in Melbourne.[1]

In 2020 he was named in the St Joseph’s College team of champions, recognising the best VFL/AFL players to have attended the school.[2]

Statistics

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Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1990 Geelong 49 5 2 2 69 33 102 19 4 0.4 0.4 13.8 6.6 20.4 3.8 0.8 3
1991 Geelong 21 16 24 15 158 94 252 62 11 1.5 0.9 9.9 5.9 15.8 3.9 0.7 0
1992 Geelong 21 19 9 5 197 102 299 77 22 0.5 0.3 10.4 5.4 15.7 4.1 1.2 3
1993 Geelong 21 9 4 6 69 32 101 22 12 0.4 0.7 7.7 3.6 11.2 2.4 1.3 0
1994 Geelong 21 25 3 3 244 151 395 129 40 0.1 0.1 9.8 6.0 15.8 5.2 1.6 11
1995 Geelong 21 23 5 3 221 138 359 103 29 0.2 0.1 9.6 6.0 15.6 4.5 1.3 3
1996 Geelong 21 21 20 13 195 137 332 106 25 1.0 0.6 9.3 6.5 15.8 5.0 1.2 2
1997 Geelong 21 23 14 9 189 139 328 116 22 0.6 0.4 8.2 6.0 14.3 5.0 1.0 5
1998 Geelong 21 22 5 13 208 119 327 119 24 0.2 0.6 9.5 5.4 14.9 5.4 1.1 1
1999 Geelong 21 18 14 8 142 74 216 77 15 0.8 0.4 7.9 4.1 12.0 4.3 0.8 0
2000 Carlton 10 18 6 2 116 72 188 46 31 0.3 0.1 6.4 4.0 10.4 2.6 1.7 0
2001 Carlton 10 20 7 10 155 89 244 71 29 0.4 0.5 7.8 4.5 12.2 3.5 1.5 0
2002 Carlton 10 16 5 4 79 49 128 45 19 0.3 0.3 4.9 3.1 8.0 2.8 1.2 0
Career 235 118 93 2042 1229 3271 992 283 0.5 0.4 8.7 5.2 13.9 4.2 1.2 28

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Mansfield". rbsmorgans.com. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Four skippers, eight All-Australians, one Brownlow ... one school". www.afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ Michael Mansfield's player profile at AFL Tables
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