John Mitchell (administrator)
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John Robert Mitchell is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club
and the Melbourne Cricket Club
.
at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy
. He served for four years, during which time Melbourne's best result was to finish sixth. Mitchell retired at the end of the 1978 season, after the Demons finished on the bottom of the ladder, citing business and family reasons. He was succeeded as president by Wayne Reid
.
In early 2000 Mitchell was one of nine people chosen to select the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century.
on 27 February 1972. Mitchell was then elected to the role of vice president on 21 August 1985, under the presidency of Don Cordner
. When Cordner retired as president in 1992 it was Cordner himself who nominated Mitchell for the role of president. Mitchell became president on 20 October 1992 and served until he retired on 18 November 1997, after having served on the Committee for over 25 years. He was succeeded as president by R. Bruce Church.
Mitchell was made an Honorary Life Member of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1998.
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
and the Melbourne Cricket Club
Melbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....
.
Melbourne Football Club
Mitchell became president of the Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
at the end of 1974, to replace the retiring Donald Duffy
Donald Duffy
Dr Donald Grant Duffy was an Australian doctor and surgeon. He served in the Australian Army in World War II and was a president of the Melbourne Football Club.- Early life :...
. He served for four years, during which time Melbourne's best result was to finish sixth. Mitchell retired at the end of the 1978 season, after the Demons finished on the bottom of the ladder, citing business and family reasons. He was succeeded as president by Wayne Reid
Wayne Reid
Wayne Vivien Reid OBE is a former tennis player, and has been president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia , the Melbourne Football Club, the Asian Tennis Circuit, the Confederation of Australian Sport, the International Assembly of National Confederations of Sports and was a founding...
.
In early 2000 Mitchell was one of nine people chosen to select the Melbourne Football Club Team of the Century.
Melbourne Cricket Club
Mitchell was elected to the Committee of the Melbourne Cricket ClubMelbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....
on 27 February 1972. Mitchell was then elected to the role of vice president on 21 August 1985, under the presidency of Don Cordner
Don Cordner
Dr Donald Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1940s...
. When Cordner retired as president in 1992 it was Cordner himself who nominated Mitchell for the role of president. Mitchell became president on 20 October 1992 and served until he retired on 18 November 1997, after having served on the Committee for over 25 years. He was succeeded as president by R. Bruce Church.
Mitchell was made an Honorary Life Member of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1998.