Willie Mitchell (American football)
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Position: | Cornerback |
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Born: | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | August 28, 1940
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Wheatley (San Antonio, Texas) |
College: | Tennessee State |
Undrafted: | 1964 |
Career history | |
Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Willie Mitchell (born August 28, 1940) is a former professional football cornerback who played eight professional seasons 1964-1971. After winning the League Championship with the American Football League (AFL)'s Kansas City Chiefs in 1966, he started for them in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, and was on the Chiefs team that won the 1969 AFL Championship and then defeated the NFL's heavily favored Minnesota Vikings in the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game.