Michael Mitchell (1934-38)

Inducted 1991

EXCELLED AS A THREE-SPORT ATHLETE AND WAS CROWNED A CHAMPION IN A FOURTH.

HE EARNED VARSITY LETTERS AS A FOUR-YEAR STARTER IN FOOTBALL AS AN END AND BASKETBALL AS A FORWARD, WHILE LETTERING ONCE IN BASEBALL.

HE WAS ALSO CROWNED AS THE COLLEGE'S TENNIS CHAMPION FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE SPORT REACHED INTERCOLLEGIATE STATUS.

HE SERVED AS CLASS PRESIDENT DURING THE 1937-38 ACADEMIC YEAR.

AFTER GRADUATION, HE COACHED FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, AND BASEBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, INCLUDING 14 YEARS AS HEAD COACH AT WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IN YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, WHERE HE SERVED AS PRINCIPAL FOR EIGHT YEARS.


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