Tom Mitchell (American football)
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Position: | TE | ||||||||||||
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Born: | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. | August 22, 1944||||||||||||
Died: | July 16, 2017 Cape Coral, Florida, U.S. | (aged 72)||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 219 lb (99 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Plymouth-Whitemarsh High school | ||||||||||||
College: | Bucknell | ||||||||||||
AFL Draft: | 1966 / Round: 3 / Pick: 58 | ||||||||||||
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Thomas Gordon Mitchell (August 22, 1944 – July 16, 2017) was a college and professional American football player.[1]
A 6'2", 219 lb (99 kg). tight end from Bucknell University and member of the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame, Mitchell played one season (1966) for the American Football League's Oakland Raiders, and ten seasons (1968–1977) in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the San Francisco 49ers. He was nicknamed "The Crocodile" and his pouring a pitcher of beer on the head of author George Plimpton is recounted in the book . He died of cancer at the age of 72 in 2017.[2] He was father-in-law to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and current Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano, and grandfather to Bucknell defensive lineman .
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- ^ Khan, Saliqa A. (July 17, 2017). "Former Baltimore Colt Dies". WBAL NewsRadio 1090. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ Klingaman, Mike (July 18, 2017). "Former Colts tight end Tom Mitchell dies at age 72". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- 1944 births
- 2017 deaths
- Sportspeople from Newport, Rhode Island
- American football tight ends
- Bucknell Bison football players
- Oakland Raiders players
- Baltimore Colts players
- San Francisco 49ers players
- American Football League players
- Players of American football from Rhode Island
- American football tight end, pre-1950 birth stubs