Ian Mitchell
Football, Football player
1946 – 1996
Who was Ian Mitchell?
Ian Mitchell was a Scottish footballer who played mainly for Dundee United and holds the record of being the youngest player ever to make a first team appearance for the club.
Mitchell was born in Falkirk. After winning schoolboy caps for Scotland, Dundee United snapped him up as a juvenile. He became a regular in the first team after a good showing in his debut, aged only sixteen. He is one of five United players to score more than 100 league goals for the club and in the top twenty appearances for the club.
In 1970 he signed for Newcastle United for £50,000 but returned to Dundee United a year later. He also had spells with Falkirk and Brechin City before retiring.
He died after a long illness at the age of 49.
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- Born
- May 9, 1946
Falkirk - Nationality
- Scotland
- Lived in
- Falkirk
- Died
- Apr 2, 1996
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on July 23, 2013
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