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Brick Mitchell

Brick Mitchell

American football player and coach


Clarence Leon "Brick" Mitchell (c.1894 – October 21, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1932 to 1935, compiling a record of 10–20–3. Mitchell played college football as the University of Oregon from 1915 to 1918. He was selected to the 1916 All-Pacific Coast football team as an end. Before he was hired at Nevada, Mitchell worked as a line coach under Nibs Price at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Mitchell coached football at San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California in the 1920s and led them to a state championship in 1926. In 1958, he was teaching mechanical drawing at Oroville High School in Oroville, California.[2] Mitchell died at the age of 69, on October 21, 1963, at the University of California Hospital in San Francisco.[3]

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  1. "Brick Mitchell Named Head Coach at Nevada". The Lincoln Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. United Press. March 13, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2016 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. "Down Memory Lane". San Mateo Times. San Mateo, California. February 10, 1958. p. 10. Retrieved October 1, 2016 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "C. L. Mitchell". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. Associated Press. October 25, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2018 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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