Billy Mills (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Mills[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Hackney, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Barnet & Alston | |||
| –1911 | Vicar of Wakefield | ||
| 1911–1918 | Leicester Fosse | 77 | (20) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Mills was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Leicester Fosse.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mills served on the Western Front with the British Army during the First World War and lost a foot.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Leicester Fosse | 1911–12[4] | Second Division | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 1912–13[4] | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| 1913–14[4] | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 1914–15[4] | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 77 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 21 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 205. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leicester Fosse". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Billy Mills | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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