Willie Mitchell (football player)
Encyclopedia
Willie Mitchell is a former professional football
cornerback
who played eight professional seasons 1964-1971. After winning the League Championship with the American Football League
'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
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
cornerback
Cornerback
A cornerback is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in American and Canadian football. Cornerbacks cover receivers, to defend against pass offenses and make tackles. Other members of the defensive backfield include the safeties and occasionally linebackers. The cornerback position...
who played eight professional seasons 1964-1971. After winning the League Championship with the American Football League
American Football League
The American Football League was a major American Professional Football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when the established National Football League merged with it. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence...
's Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...
in 1966, he started for them in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game
Professional American football championship games
Below is a list of professional football championship games in the United States, involving:* the informal Pittsburgh circuit of professional football teams ;...
, 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
Professional American football championship games
Below is a list of professional football championship games in the United States, involving:* the informal Pittsburgh circuit of professional football teams ;...
.