Doug McNichol

{{Short description|Canadian football player}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Doug McNichol

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|29}}

| birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|2|15|1930|3|29}}

| death_place = Mississauga, Ontario

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| 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 = {{CFL Year|1953}}–{{CFL Year|1960}}

| playing_team1 = Montreal Alouettes

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1961}}–{{CFL Year|1963}}

| playing_team2 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years3 = 1967

| playing_team3 = Bramalea Satellites (ORFU)

| career_highlights =

| CFLEastAllStar = {{CFL Year|1953}}, {{CFL Year|1954}}, {{CFL Year|1955}}, {{CFL Year|1958}}, {{CFL Year|1959}}

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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.{{cite news|last=MacDonald|first=Ian|title=Funeral Monday for first ever CFL draft pick McNichol|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/Funeral+Monday+first+ever+draft+pick+McNichol/6177759/story.html|accessdate=20 February 2012|newspaper=Postmedia News|date=19 February 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{cite news|last=Shank|first=Ray|title=Bramalea Ousts Ramblers 33-13|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zqUtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vJ8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6041,2958298&dq=bramalea+satellites&hl=en|accessdate=14 May 2011|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=13 November 1967|location=Montreal QC|page=37}}