Paddy Mills (Australian footballer) explained

Paddy Mills
Fullname:Patrick Henry Mills
Birth Date:17 March 1884
Birth Place:Dandenong, Victoria
Death Place:South Melbourne, Victoria
Originalteam:Northcote, Rochester
Height:174 cm
Weight:77 kg
Position:Defense
Statsend:1913
Years1:1903–09
Games Goals1:83 (15)
Years2:1912–13
Games Goals2:20 (0)
Games Goalstotal:103 (15)

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2009 . 8th . 978-1-921496-00-4 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 578.
  2. Web site: 1912 - South Bendigo FC - AGM . The Bendigo Independent . 22 February 2021 . 3 . 27 March 1912.
  3. Web site: 1914 - Rochester Premiers . Rochester Express . 21 February 2021 . 9 . 4 September 1914.
  4. Web site: 1914 - The Football Premiership . 1914 - Kyabram Guardian . 21 February 2021 . 3 . 28 August 1914.
  5. Web site: Carlton FC. Paddy Mills . Bluseum . Carlton Football Club . 22 February 2021 . 28 January 2014.
  6. Web site: 1915 - The coming season: Club prospects . Bendigo Advertiser . 22 February 2021 . 3 . 21 April 1915.