Episode 87 - Fred Mitchell, namesake of the Fred Mitchell Award
Update: 2023-01-30
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Mitchell is a Chicago Tribune sports columnist who has written 11 sports books in his 41-year journalism career. During the mid-1960s Mitchell enjoyed a distinguished football career at Wittenberg University. He emerged as one of the nation’s first prominent small-college place-kicking specialists by setting the NCAA “College Division” record for career points scored by a kicker.
In 2009, the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award was founded, in his name, and it has since been presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate place-kicker among more than 750 FCS, Division 2, 3, NAIA & JUCO football programs. In 2013, Mitchell was inducted into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame.
When he isn’t writing, Mitchell is serving others through various civic engagements.
In 2009, the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award was founded, in his name, and it has since been presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate place-kicker among more than 750 FCS, Division 2, 3, NAIA & JUCO football programs. In 2013, Mitchell was inducted into the American Football Kicking Hall of Fame.
When he isn’t writing, Mitchell is serving others through various civic engagements.
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