Doug McNichol | |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1930 |
Birth Place: | St. Catharines, Ontario |
Death Place: | Mississauga, Ontario |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Defensive end |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lb: | 250 |
Cis: | Western Ontario |
Cfldraftedyear: | 1953 |
Cfldraftedround: | 1 |
Cfldraftedpick: | 1 |
Cfldraftedteam: | Montreal Alouettes |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Montreal Alouettes |
Playing Years2: | – |
Playing Team2: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years3: | 1967 |
Playing Team3: | Bramalea Satellites (ORFU) |
Cfleastallstar: | ,,,, |
Douglas Stewart McNichol (March 29, 1930 - February 15, 2012) was a professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts. After playing college football at the University of Western Ontario, McNichol was drafted first overall by the Alouettes in the first ever Canadian College Draft in 1953 and spent his entire 11-year CFL career as a defensive lineman.[1] McNichol won East All-Star honours in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958 and 1959.
He played for the Bramalea Satellites Ontario Rugby Football Union intermediate team in 1967.[2]