Career
A defender, Mew usually played at centre half back and was a five time premiership player, in 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989 and 1991. He retired after the 1989 season but was talked into returning by weekly visits from his coach Allan Jeans. In 1992 he ruptured his Achilles tendon and retired immediately.
Mew was named as a centre half back in Hawthorn"s official "Team of the Century".
