Max Miers | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Max Miers | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1940 | ||
Date of death | 19 January 2003 | (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 | 6 (0) | |
1962–65 | Fitzroy | 40 (11) | |
Total | 46 (11) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1965. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
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.