Max Millen
| Max Millen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Stanley Mac Millen | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Seymour, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 1973 (aged 64) | ||
| Place of death |
Prince Henry's Hospital, South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1932 | North Melbourne | 8 (7) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1932. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Stanley Mac "Max" Millen (7 July 1909 – 4 September 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of George Robert Millen (1873-1957), and Edith Elizabeth Millen (1874-1940), née Rice,[2] Stanley Mac Millen was born at Seymour, Victoria on 7 July 1909.
His brother, Jack Millen, played VFL football with Fitzroy, and VFA football with Coburg.
He married Noreen Johnson (1915-1996) in 1937.
Football
[edit]In 1931 he was granted a clearance from Fitzroy to South Melbourne,[3] and, in 1932, from South Melbourne to North Melbourne.
North Melbourne (VFL)
[edit]North Melbourne had finished the 1931 home-and-away VFL season with 18 losses from 18 matches.
Millen played his first game for the North Melbourne First XVIII, among six "new" players -- i.e., Les Allen, Tom Leather, Millen, Jack Smith, Dick Taylor, Jack Welsh -- under the team's new captain-coach, Taylor, against Geelong, at Corio Oval, on 30 April 1932.[4]
Death
[edit]He died at Prince Henry's Hospital, in South Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 September 1973.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.610.
- ^ Deaths: Millen, The Argus, (Saturday, 6 January 1940), p.4.
- ^ Football: League Permits Granted: Millen Brothers Transfer, The Argus, (Thursday, 25 June 1931), p.10.
- ^ Club News: North Melbourne's Experiments: Eight Recruits Picked for Side, The Age, (Friday, 29 April 1932), p.7.
- ^ Deaths: Millen, The Age, (Thursday, 6 September 1973), p.26.
References
[edit]- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
[edit]- Max Millen's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Max Millen at AustralianFootball.com
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