Jim Mitchener Explained

Jim Mitchener
Birth Date:19 March 1929
Birth Place:Donavon, Saskatchewan
Death Place:Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Import:no
Position1:Halfback
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:190
Playing Team1:Calgary Stampeders
Playing Years2: -
Playing Team2:Montreal Alouettes
Playing Years3: -
Playing Team3:BC Lions
Career Highlights:
  • Grey Cup champion

James Walter Mitchener (March 19, 1929  - January 31, 2017) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes, and BC Lions. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948.[1]

Career

Mitchener played junior football with the McGill University Redmen. Mitchener resided in South Carolina and was one of the last surviving members of the 1948 Grey Cup championship team.[2] After graduating from both McGill University and McGill Medical School, Mitchener worked as a pathologist at University Hospital for many years where he helped establish the Epidemiology Department. Early in his career, he taught Pathology at the Medical College of Georgia. Mitchener retired from Port Huron Hospital. Mitchener died on January 31, 2017.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Mitchener football Statistics on StatsCrew.com. 2021-11-01. www.statscrew.com. en.
  2. Web site: Remembering Pete Thodos | Calgary Stampeders . 2014-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908180159/http://www.stampeders.com/article/remembering-pete-thodos . 2014-09-08 . dead .
  3. News: James Mitchener, M.D. - Obituary - Augusta, GA - Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors CurrentObituary.com. CurrentObituary.com. 2017-02-14. en.