Mitchell Thorp (born 25 December 1988) is an Australian rules football player playing for the Hawthorn Football Club.

A key position player taken at pick 6 in the 2006 National Draft.

Thorp debuted against Richmond in round 15 and after a large media build up he played a promising game, including kicking a goal. An injury from that game mean't he was not unable to play the following week.

Called in as a late replacement, Thorp played his second game against Sydney in Round 2 2009.

Thorp had surgery to remove a bone fragment and have a pin inserted in his foot Thorp would take at least three months to recover from a broken sesamoid bone in his left foot. The injury ruled Thorp out for the rest of the 2009 season.^[1]

Thorp was delisted by the Hawthorn Football club on Wednesday 28th of October, 2009.^[2]

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[edit] External links

• Mitchell Thorp profile on the Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club
• http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mitch_Thorp.html