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Paddy Mills (Australian footballer)

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Paddy Mills
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 career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1903–09 Melbourne 083 (15)
1912–13 Carlton 020 0(0)
Total 103 (15)
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "1912 - South Bendigo FC - AGM". The Bendigo Independent. 27 March 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ "1914 - Rochester Premiers". Rochester Express. 4 September 1914. p. 9. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  4. ^ "1914 - The Football Premiership". 1914 - Kyabram Guardian. 28 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ^ Carlton FC (28 January 2014). "Paddy Mills". Bluseum. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. ^ "1915 - The coming season: Club prospects". Bendigo Advertiser. 21 April 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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