Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football Club at the end of 1974, replacing the retiring Donald Duffy.
Mitchell retired at the end of the 1978 season, after the Demons finished on the bottom of the ladder, citing business and family reasons.
[1] In early 2000, Mitchell was one of nine people chosen to select the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century.
[2] Mitchell was elected to the committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club on 27 February 1972.
[4] Mitchell was made an honorary life member of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1998.