Doug McNichol
Canadian football player
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| Intro | Canadian football player | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Canadian football player Football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 29 March 1930 | |
| Death | 15 February 2012 (aged 81 years) |
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Douglas Stewart McNichol (March 29, 1930 – February 15, 2012) was a professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts. After playing college football at the University of Western Ontario, McNichol was drafted first overall by the Alouettes in the first ever Canadian College Draft in 1953 and spent his entire 11-year CFL career as a defensive lineman. McNichol won East All-Star honours in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958 and 1959.
He played for the Bramalea Satellites Ontario Rugby Football Union intermediate team in 1967.