years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1984 total - '' ' -- 1992 1993 1994 -- 1996 '' ` sydney swans collingwood carlton 1996 barry mitchell mulgrave 7 december 1965 barry mitchell -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 173 cm / 70 kg
barry mitchell -lrb- footballer -rrb-

barry mitchell -lrb- born 7 december 1965 in yarrawonga -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with the sydney swans , carlton and collingwood in the australian football league -lrb- afl -rrb- .
mitchell played as a rover and was consistently one of the top possession getters in the league every season .
after retiring from carlton in 1996 , he kept involved with the club by becoming their runner .
he was promoted by the blues to assistant coach in 2003 , but left in 2007 to join hawthorn , again as an assistant , and was part of the premiership team in 2008 .
he left the hawks at the end of the premiership winning season to join fremantle as an assistant coach .
at the end of the 2011 season he left fremantle to return to melbourne after his son tom mitchell was drafted by the sydney swans under the father-son rule .
