Tom Mitchell, Bucknell University
Football – Class of 1966
Tom Mitchell is well regarded in the Bucknell football community, and for good reason. Mitchell was a two time Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) College Division Player of the Year and First Team Little All-American at wide receiver. Almost 60 years later, Mitchell still holds four Bison records, which include receptions in a single game (13), receptions in a career (173), receiving yards in a game (264), and receiving yards in a career (2,358). He is also tied for the school mark for touchdown receptions in a career with 18. Behind the hands of Mitchell, the Bison won the 1964 Lambert Cup, recognizing them as the top team in East, as well as the 1965 MAC football championship. Mitchell would go on to play 12 years in the professional ranks in both the AFL (Oakland Raiders) and NFL (Baltimore Colts, San Francisco 49ers), culminating in two trips to the Super Bowl with the Colts, and one Super Bowl Championship over the Cowboys in Super Bowl V. Tom Mitchell was inducted into the Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame in 1979.
Tom Mitchell's Bucknell Hall of Fame Page