Doug Herbert Mitchell

Doug Mitchell was born in Harrow, England, a country where football means quite a different game, but Mitchell quickly mastered the Canadian version of football.  Mitchell played college ball at Western Ontario and then went on to an eight year career (1967-74) in the CFL.  Mitchell played his entire career in Hamilton with the exception of his last season where he started the year with the Tiger-Cats and finished it with the Alouettes.  Mitchell played center and also handled most of the kickoff duties for the Tiger-Cats during his career. Mitchel was with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats when the won the Grey Cup in his rookie season in 1967 and again in 1972.  Doug's older brother Bill Mitchell also played in the CFL, with Toronto, Edmonton and BC.

[Note:  This is NOT the Doug Mitchell who later became the fith commissioner of the CFL.  That was Doug Harding Mitchell.)

GP and Points
Year Team GP PTS
1967 HAM 12 0
1968 HAM 14 0
1969 HAM 14 1
1970 HAM 14 0
1971 HAM 14 2
1972 HAM 14 0
1973 HAM 14 0
1974 HAM 2 0
1974 MON 8 0

 

Kickoffs
Year Team KO Yds Avg Long S
1967 HAM 32 1822 56.9 68 0
1968 HAM 13 685 52.7 73 0
1969 HAM 34 2109 62.1 89 1
1970 HAM 48 2838 59.1 83 0
1971 HAM 40 2303 57.6 86 2
1972 HAM 9 479 53.2 85 0
1973 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MON 31 1634 52.7 73 0

 

Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1967 HAM 0 0 0
1968 HAM 0 0 0
1969 HAM 0 0 0
1970 HAM 0 0 0
1971 HAM 0 0 0
1972 HAM 2 0 2
1973 HAM 0 0 0
1974 HAM 0 0 0
1974 MON 0 0 0

 

Punt Returns
Year Team PR Yds Avg TD Long
1967 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1968 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1969 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1970 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HAM 1 1 1 0 1
1972 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1972 OPC Doug Mitchell