Jim Mitchener
{{Short description|Canadian football player (1929–2017)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|3|19}}
| birth_place = Donavon, Saskatchewan
| death_date ={{death date and age|2017|1|31|1929|3|19}}
| death_place = Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
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| import = no
| position1 = Halfback
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 190
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1948}}
| playing_team1 = Calgary Stampeders
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1952}}–{{CFL Year|1956}}
| playing_team2 = Montreal Alouettes
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|1956}}–{{CFL Year|1957}}
| playing_team3 = BC Lions
| career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion ({{CFL Year|1948}})
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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.{{Cite web|title=Jim Mitchener football Statistics on StatsCrew.com|url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-mitchjim003|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.statscrew.com|language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stampeders.com/article/remembering-pete-thodos |title=Remembering Pete Thodos | Calgary Stampeders |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908180159/http://www.stampeders.com/article/remembering-pete-thodos |archive-date=2014-09-08 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/203616|title=James Mitchener, M.D. - Obituary - Augusta, GA - Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors {{!}} CurrentObituary.com|last=CurrentObituary.com|access-date=2017-02-14|language=en}}
References
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Category:Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan
Category:Calgary Stampeders players
Category:Montreal Alouettes players
Category:McGill Redbirds football players
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