Jimmy Mill
Appearance
Birth name | James Joseph Mill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 November 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 29 March 1950 | (aged 50)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Napier Boys' High School Nelson College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Sheep farmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Joseph Mill (19 November 1899 – 29 March 1950) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Mill represented East Coast, Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1923 to 1930. He played 33 matches for the All Blacks including four internationals.[1] Of Ngāti Porou descent, Mill played for New Zealand Māori in 1922 and 1923.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Luxford, Bob. "Jimmy Mill". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ Mulholland, Malcolm (2009). Beneath the Māori Moon: An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby. Wellington: Huia. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-86969-305-3.
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1950 deaths
- Ngāti Porou people
- People educated at Napier Boys' High School
- People educated at Nelson College
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- 20th-century New Zealand farmers
- Hawke's Bay rugby union players
- Wairarapa rugby union players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Māori All Blacks players
- Rugby union players from the Gisborne Region
- New Zealand rugby union biography stubs