Doug Mitchell, Calgary community and sport leader, dead at 83 yyc
Mitchell, who served as CFL commissioner from 1984 to 1988 and was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2004, died unexpectedly and peacefully at his home on Wednesday, said his family.
Those who knew Mitchell agreed his was a life full of accomplishments that benefitted many, mostly in the amateur and pro sports arenas. Mitchell was also a power in Calgary’s legal community as national co-chair of the law firm Borden Ladner Gervais.“He would share stories on his decisions he’d make managing a law firm and how they related to decisions made . It’s a business acumen and if you talk about institutional knowledge, that was it.”
UBC Thunderbirds football head coach Blake Nill recalled Mitchell speaking reverently about the man he played under at that university, Frank Gnup. As a representative of the Calgary Stampeders, Mitchell sat on the CFL Board of Governors and is credited with helping restore the team’s lustre during lean years earlier in the century.Article content
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