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Doug Mitchell | |
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| Born | (1939-02-19)February 19, 1939 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | July 20, 2022(2022-07-20) (aged 83) |
| Football career | |
| Profile | |
| Position | Offensive tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1960 | BC Lions |
Operations | |
| 1984–1988 | CFLCommissioner |
Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2021) | |
Douglas Harding Mitchell,OC AOE QC (February 19, 1939 – July 20, 2022), was aCanadian football player, executive, and commissioner.
A graduate ofColorado College and theUniversity of British Columbia (UBC), Mitchell played three games for theBC Lions in 1960. He earned aBachelor 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 theAlberta 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 toLois Mitchell, who waslieutenant governor of Alberta from 2015 to 2020. Doug Mitchell was also the father of Scott Mitchell, president of theHamilton Tiger-Cats since 2007.
TheDoug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on the campus of UBC and theMitchell Bowl semifinal ofU Sports football are named in his honour.[5] Mitchell and his wife also founded theU Sports Athletes of the Year Awards, given annually to the top male and female athletes inU Sports.[6] In 2019, he was awarded theOrder of Sport, marking his induction intoCanada's Sports Hall of Fame.[7] He was inducted into theCanadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 2021.[3]
Mitchell died on July 20, 2022.[8]
