Australian rules footballer
| Paddy Mills | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Patrick Henry Mills | ||
| Date of birth | (1884-03-17)17 March 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Dandenong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 12 July 1957(1957-07-12) (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 career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1903–09 | Melbourne | 083 (15) | |
| 1912–13 | Carlton | 020 0(0) | |
| Total | 103 (15) | ||
| 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).
Mills played with South Bendigo Football Club in 1910 and 1911, then with Rochester Football Club from 1912 to 1915, with Mills coaching Rochester in 1913 and 1914 (premiers), 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.
Mills was then captain-coach of Rochester when they moved across to play in the Bendigo Football League in 1915, just prior to World War One, with the out break of the war ultimately finishing off his football career.
Notes
- 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
- Paddy Mills's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Paddy Mills's profile at Blueseum
- Paddy Mill’s profile at Demonwiki
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