Douglas Mitchell
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Doug Mitchell QC | |
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Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | February 19, 1939
Died | July 20, 2022 | (aged 83)
Football career | |
Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
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Career history | |
As administrator | |
1984–1988 | CFL Commissioner |
As player | |
1960 | BC Lions |
Career stats | |
Douglas Harding Mitchell,
A graduate of Colorado College and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Mitchell played three games for the BC Lions in 1960. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from UBC in 1962.[1][2]
Mitchell later became the commissioner of the CFL, serving from 1984 to 1988.[3]
He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, was named Sportsman of the Year in 2007 by the Calgary Booster Club and in 2010 was listed by the Globe and Mail as one of the Power 50 of Canadian sports. His professional and community-based achievements were recognized with an appointment to the Order of Canada in 2004 and in 2007 he was inducted into the Alberta Order of Excellence.[4]
He worked at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais, and as of 2011[update] sat on the CFL Board of Governors. He was married to
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Mitchell died on July 20, 2022.[8]
References
- ISBN 9780931398254.
- ^ http://car.epcor.com/report/AIF2013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b "Canadian Football Hall of Fame unveils class of 2021". cfhof.ca. Canadian Football Hall of Fame. April 28, 2021.
- ^ "Douglas H. Mitchell CM, QC, LLD (Hon)". www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/AOE/index.html. The Alberta Order of Excellence. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre". www.GoThunderbirds.ca. UBC Athletics. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Awards Athletes of the Year". U Sports. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
- ^ "Canada Sports Hall of Fame | Hall of Famers Search". www.sportshall.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ Lirette, Dominika (July 21, 2022). "Doug Mitchell, former CFL commissioner and Calgary lawyer, has died at 83". CBC.