Arthur Mills (Australian footballer)

Arthur William Mills (22 November 1905 – 9 March 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Arthur Mills
Personal information
Full name Arthur William Mills
Date of birth (1905-11-22)22 November 1905
Place of birth Jeparit, Victoria
Date of death 9 March 1984(1984-03-09) (aged 78)
Place of death Wangaratta, Victoria
Original team(s) Bethanga, Wangaratta
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930 Hawthorn 10 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Local brothers, Arthur Mills and Albert Mills played for Bethanga in the 1926 and 1927 Kiewa & District Football Association grand finals, before the family moved to Oxley,[2] near Wangaratta, playing with Wangaratta Football Club in 1929, then both brothers made their debuts for the Hawthorn Football Club in 1930.

Mills won the 1934 - Ovens & King Football League best and fairest award, the Charles Butler Medal when playing for the Waratahs Football Club.[3]

Mills coached the Waratahs FC to the 1935 O&KFL premiership[4] [5]

Mills played in the 1940 O&KFL premiership with the Milawa Football Club.[6]

He was the older brother of Bert Mills.

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 612. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "1929 - Mills move to Oxley". Trove Newspapers. Wodonga & Towong Senitel. 15 February 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "1934 - O&KFL - Best & Fairest Medal". Ovens & King FNL. Ovens & King FNL. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "1935 - O&KFL Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Age. 9 September 1935. p. 7. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "1935 - O&KFL Meeting". Trove Newspapers. The Argus. 23 September 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "1940 - O&KFL Premiers - Milawa FC". Ovens and King FNL. Milawa FNC. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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