David Mirra

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.

VFL career As a young player who was no longer eligible for junior football, Mirra joined the 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. 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. 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. Mirra played 7 games in his debut season including the semi-final loss to . He was promoted to the main list at the end of the season. Mirra played four games in his second season before getting delisted at the end of the year.

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Honours and achievements Team 2× VFL premiership player : 2013, 2018 Minor premiership : 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