Willie Mitchell (born August 28, 1940) is a former professional
football
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cornerback who played eight professional seasons 1964-1971. After winning the
League Championship with the
American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...
's
Kansas City Chiefs in
1966
Events January
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* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
, he started for them in the first
AFL-NFL World Championship Game, and was on the Chiefs team that won the
1969
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Events January
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* January 5
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AFL Championship and then defeated the NFL's heavily favored Minnesota Vikings in the fourth and final
AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
See also
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Other American Football League players
External links
Photo of Mitchell from the 1967 AFL Championship game
1940 births
Living people
American football cornerbacks
Tennessee State Tigers football players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Houston Oilers players
Players of American football from San Antonio
American Football League players
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