Mia-Rae Clifford

Mia-Rae Clifford
Clifford in March 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-10) 10 August 1986
Original team(s) St Kilda Sharks (VFL Women's)
Draft No. 89, 2016 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Melbourne
vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017 Melbourne 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Mia-Rae Clifford (born 10 August 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's competition. She was drafted by Melbourne with their twelfth selection and eighty-ninth overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[1] She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season.[2] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games.[3] She was not retained on Melbourne's list at the end of the season and was subsequently delisted in May 2017.[4]

Clifford is engaged to Collingwood Football Club player Penny Cula-Reid; the pair have been referred to as the first openly gay couple in the league.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Burgan, Matt (12 October 2016). "No.89: Mia-Rae Clifford". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Australian Associated Press (3 February 2017). "AFLW: All the round one teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Mia-Rae Clifford". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Burgan, Matt; Lewis, Georgina (26 May 2017). "List changes made to Women's squad". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "First openly gay AFL player couple: "We're proud, and proud of each other"". The Age. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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