William Richard Mitchell (February 22, 1930 â April 1, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defencemen. He played in one National Hockey League game for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1963âÂÂ64 NHL season, on February 23, 1964 against the Montreal Canadiens. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1948 to 1973 and was spent in various minor leagues. He also played for the Canadian national team, winning a silver medal at the 1962 World Championships. He died at a hospice in Toledo, Ohio in 2014, of kidney failure.
Bill Mitchell started his coaching career with the University of Toledo hockey team in 1966 where they were the 1967 Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Champions.