Granville Myrick "Buster" Mitchell (February 16, 1906 – March 4, 1964) was a professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

end in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

. He played seven seasons for the Portsmouth Spartans (1931–1933), the

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

(1934–1935), the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

(1935–1936), and the

Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association (19th century), American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the ...

(1937).

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* 1906 births 1964 deaths People from Hill County, Texas Players of American football from Texas American football tight ends Portsmouth Spartans players Detroit Lions players New York Giants players Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Davis & Elkins Senators football players Wilmington Clippers players {{tightend-1900s-stub