Paddy Mills (Australian footballer)
| Paddy Mills | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Patrick Henry Mills | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Dandenong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 1957 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | South Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Northcote, Rochester | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Defense | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1903–09 | Melbourne | 83 (15) | |
| 1912–13 | Carlton | 20 (0) | |
| Total | 103 (15) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Paddy Mills (17 March 1884 – 12 July 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Mills played with South Bendigo Football Club in 1910 and 1911,[2] then with Rochester Football Club from 1912 to 1915, with Mills coaching Rochester in 1913 and 1914 (premiers),[3][4] in the Wednesday afternoon Goulburn Valley Football League competition.
During 1912 and 1913, Mills was playing with Carlton on Saturday’s and with Rochester on Wednesday’s.[5]
Mills was then captain-coach of Rochester when they moved across to play in the Bendigo Football League in 1915,[6] just prior to World War One, with the out break of the war ultimately finishing off his football career.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 578. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ "1912 - South Bendigo FC - AGM". The Bendigo Independent. 27 March 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "1914 - Rochester Premiers". Rochester Express. 4 September 1914. p. 9. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "1914 - The Football Premiership". 1914 - Kyabram Guardian. 28 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ Carlton FC (28 January 2014). "Paddy Mills". Bluseum. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "1915 - The coming season: Club prospects". Bendigo Advertiser. 21 April 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
External links
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- Paddy Mills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Paddy Mills's profile at Blueseum
- Paddy Mill’s profile at Demonwiki
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