Billy Mills (footballer)

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Billy Mills
Personal information
Full name William Mills [1]
Date of birth 1891 (1891)
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Position Inside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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]

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Personal life

Mills served on the Western Front with the British Army during the First World War and lost a foot. [3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester Fosse 1911–12 [4] Second Division 821193
1912–13 [4] 28400284
1913–14 [4] 12300123
1914–15 [4] 2911103011
Career total7720217921

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 205. ISBN   978-1905891610.
  2. ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Leicester Fosse" . Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22" . Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Billy Mills | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.


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