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Michael "Mike" Fitzpatrick (born 28 January 1953) is an Australian businessman, sporting administrator and former Australian rules footballer. He is the current chairman of the Australian Football League having succeeded Ron Evans in the position in 2007.〔(The Age, 10 March 2007, Wilson, C )〕 He has been an AFL commissioner since 2003.〔(List of AFL Administrators, AFL.com.au )〕 == Football career == He made his debut in the West Australian National Football League with Subiaco in 1970 and in 1973 was a member of Subiaco's first premiership in 49 years and won his first of two consecutive best and fairest awards. He mainly played the key position of ruckman.〔(Biography at Fullpointsfooty.net )〕 He managed to combine his football with engineering studies at the University of Western Australia and in 1975 he was awarded a two-year Rhodes Scholarship to attend St. John's College Oxford, where he was involved in the Oxford University Australian Rules Football Club. He also signed to play with the Carlton Football Club in the then Victorian Football League, but only managed a handful of games in these years. However, by 1979 he was fully committed to football and managed to win the Carlton best and fairest award in a premiership year. He was then named captain of Carlton in 1980 and led ''The Blues'' to consecutive premierships in 1981 and 1982. He represented both Western Australia and Victoria in state representative football and was captain of the 1982 VFL Team of the Year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Fitzpatrick (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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