John Mills (basketball)
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| Personal information | |
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| Born | September 7, 1919 Flat Lick, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 1995 (aged 75) Flat Lick, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Listed weight | 203 lb (92 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Knox Central (Barbourville, Kentucky) |
| College | Western Kentucky (1938–1941) |
| Position | Center / forward |
| Number | 11 |
| Career history | |
| 1944–1946 | Cleveland Allmen Transfers |
| 1946–1947 | Pittsburgh Ironmen |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
John P. Mills (September 7, 1919 – August 25, 1995) was an American professional basketball player.[1][2] After a collegiate career at Western Kentucky University, Mills played for the National Basketball League's Cleveland Allmen Transfers from 1944 to 1946, then for the Pittsburgh Ironmen in the 1946–47 Basketball Association of America season.[1][2]
Mills played high school basketball for Knox Central High School.[3]
BAA career statistics
[edit]| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | ||||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | ||||
| FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||||
| APG | Assists per game | ||||
| PPG | Points per game | ||||
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | GP | FG% | FT% | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–47 | Pittsburgh | 47 | .294 | .550 | .2 | 3.9 |
| Career | 47 | .294 | .550 | .2 | 3.9 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "John Mills NBA/BAA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "John Mills NBL stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ Mark Story (November 30, 2008). "An early basketball giant". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. B2. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
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Categories:
- 1919 births
- 1995 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Centers (basketball)
- Cleveland Allmen Transfers players
- Forwards (basketball)
- Pittsburgh Ironmen players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball players
- Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs