{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Max Miers | image = | fullname = Max Miers | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|10|06|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|1|19|1940|10|06|df=yes}} | death_place = | height = 185 cm | weight = 89 kg | position = Ruck | statsend = 1965 | years1 = 1960–61 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = {{0}}6 {{0}}(0) | years2 = 1962–65 | club2 = {{AFL Fit}} | games_goals2 = 40 (11) | games_goalstotal = 46 (11) | careerhighlights = }} '''Max Miers''' (6 October 1940 – 19 January 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Max%2BMiers/9131|title=Max Miers - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton for one season and with Fitzroy for three seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2009), p.575</ref>
==Football== ===Fitzroy (VFL)=== 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.
==See also== * 1963 Miracle Match
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}}
== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=M/Max_Miers.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Max+Miers Max Mier's profile] at Blueseum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miers, Max}} Category:1940 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Carlton Football Club players Category:Fitzroy Football Club players Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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