Douglas Harding Mitchell, OC AOE QC (February 19, 1939 – July 20, 2022), was a Canadian Football player, executive, and commissioner.
A graduate of Colorado College and the University of British Columbia (UBC), Mitchell played three games for the BC Lions in 1960.
[3] He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, was named Sportsman of the Year in 2007 by the Calgary Booster Club and in 2010 was listed by the Globe and Mail as one of the Power 50 of Canadian sports.
[4] He worked at the national law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais, and as of 2011[update] sat on the CFL Board of Governors.
[7] He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a builder in 2021.