Bert Mills Explained

Bert Mills
Fullname:Albert Edward Mills
Birth Date:16 February 1910
Birth Place:Wahgunyah, Victoria
Originalteam:Bethanga, Wangaratta
Height:180 cm
Weight:86 kg
Statsend:1942
Years1:1930–1942
Club1:Hawthorn
Games Goals1:196 (60)
Coachyears1:1940–1941
Coachclub1:Hawthorn
Coachgames Wins1:36 (10–26–0)
Careerhighlights:

Albert Edward Mills (16 February 1910 – 6 May 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played for and captained Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Football career

Mills and his older brother Arthur began their careers playing for Bethanga in the 1926 and 1927 Kiewa & District Football Association grand finals.[1] [2] [3] [4] The Mills family then moved to Oxley, near Wangaratta, and the pair played with nearby Wangaratta Football Club in 1929.[5] [6] In 1930, both brothers made their debuts for the Hawthorn Football Club. Bert Mills won Hawthorn's 'most consistent player' award in his first season of VFL football.[7]

Mills usually played as a ruckman, but was also used at centre half-back. He captained Hawthorn at various times during his career, beginning in 1932, and then in single seasons during 1934 and 1938 before his final stint from 1940 until 1941 as captain-coach.[8] [9]

During his time at Hawthorn, Mills won their best and fairest award three times, in 1933, 1935 and 1939.[10] [11] Mills was also presented with a life membership medallion in 1939.[12] He represented Victoria in interstate football, doing so on 11 occasions. In 1936, Mills won Hawthorn's 'most popular player' award, which was sponsored by the Hoyts Palace Theatre, Glenferrie.[13]

He was named on the back pocket in Hawthorn's official 'Team of the Century'.

Honours and achievements

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3 September 1926 . 1926 - Kiewa & DFA - Grand Final match review . 2 November 2020 . The Yackandandah Times . 4 . Trove Newspapers.
  2. Web site: 3 September 1926 . 1926 - Kiewa & DFA - Drawn Grand Final . 3 November 2020 . The Albury Banner & Wodonga Express . 32 . Trove Newspapers.
  3. Web site: 24 September 1926 . 1926 - Kiewa & DFA - Grand Final match review . 2 November 2020 . The Yackandandah Times . 4 . Trove Newspapers . Vic.
  4. Web site: 19 August 1927 . 1927 - Kiewa & DFA - Grand Final match review . 2 November 2020 . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express . 41 . Trove Newspapers . NSW.
  5. Web site: 15 February 1929 . 1929 - Mills move to Oxley . 3 November 2020 . Wodonga & Towong Senitel . 3 . Trove Newspapers.
  6. Web site: 1929 - Approached by city representatives . Trove Newspapers . The Corowa Free Press. NSW. 3 November 2020 . 5 . 30 August 1929.
  7. Web site: 10 December 1930 . 1930 - Hawthorn FC - AGM . 3 November 2020 . The Age . 11 . Trove Newspapers.
  8. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  9. Web site: 11 November 1939 . 1939 - Mills to coach Hawthorn . 3 November 2020 . Weekly Times . 66 . Trove Newspapers.
  10. Web site: 9 December 1933 . 1933 - Hawthorn FC - Best & Fairest . 3 November 2020 . The Age . 19 . Trove Newspapers.
  11. Web site: 24 October 1935 . 1935 - Hawthorn FC - Best & Fairest . 3 November 2020 . The Argus . 14 . Trove Newspapers.
  12. Web site: 1939 - Hawthorn FC - Best and Fairest . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 3 November 2020 . 10 . 5 December 1939.
  13. Web site: 1936 - Hawthorn FC - Most Popular Player . Trove Newspapers . The Herald . 3 November 2020 . 15 . 26 September 1936.

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