Kenny Mitchell (footballer)

Kenny Mitchell
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Mitchell[1]
Date of birth (1957-05-26)26 May 1957[1]
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Date of death 4 September 2019(2019-09-04) (aged 62)
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
– Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1981 Newcastle United 66 (2)
1978 → Morton (loan) 3 (0)
1978 → Tulsa Roughnecks (loan) 3 (0)
1981–1982 Darlington 13 (1)
1982–1983 Workington
1984–1985 Kuusysi 42 (0)
1986 Finnairin Palloilijat 17 (0)
1986 Gateshead 7 (0)
1987 Kuusysi 21 (1)
1988 Lapuan Virkiä 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Mitchell (26 May 1957 – 4 September 2019) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United and Darlington,[3] in the North American Soccer League for the Tulsa Roughnecks, in the Scottish League for Morton, and in the Finnish leagues for Kuusysi, FinnPa and Lapuan Virkiä. With Kuusysi, he won the Finnish league title in 1984, reached the quarter-final of the 1985–86 European Cup, and won the 1987 Finnish Cup. He also played non-league football for clubs including Workington and Gateshead.

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