Paddy Mills

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Paddy Mills
Personal information
Full name Bertie Reginald Mills [1]
Date of birth(1900-02-23)23 February 1900 [1]
Place of birth Multan, Punjab Province, British India
Date of death 22 January 1994(1994-01-22) (aged 93) [2]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward / Wing half
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Barton Town
1920–1926 Hull City 173 (76)
1926–1929 Notts County 76 (35)
1929 Birmingham 13 (3)
1929–1933 Hull City 96 (25)
1933–1935 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
1935–193x Gainsborough Trinity
193x–193x Barton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bertie Reginald "Paddy" Mills (23 February 1900 – 22 January 1994) was a British footballer who scored 139 goals in 358 appearances in the Football League playing for Hull City (in two spells), Notts County and Birmingham. [3] He played as a forward, though in the later part of his career he moved to wing half.

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Career

Mills was born in Multan, India, but raised in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire. [2] He began his football career with local club Barton Town before joining Hull City of the Second Division in 1920. [1] For three consecutive seasons, from 1923–24 to 1925–26, Mills was Hull's leading scorer; [4] in the second of those three seasons, he scored 29 goals in all competitions when no other Hull player reached double figures. [2]

In March 1926, Notts County paid a fee of £3,750 for his services, [1] but he was unable to prevent their relegation from the First Division. [5] In 1927 he was joined by his younger brother Percy, who would go on to play more than 400 games for the club. [3] After three years with County, in which he scored at a rate approaching a goal every other game, [3] Mills moved back to the First Division with Birmingham, but failed to settle, and returned to Hull in December 1929. [1]

Mills contributed two goals in Hull's 1929–30 FA Cup run which took them to the semi-final for the first time in their history, only to lose to eventual Cup-winners Arsenal, following which their form slumped and they were relegated to the Third Division North. [6] New manager Haydn Green converted Mills to play at wing half, though he still scored goals: [7] 12 in 30 games in the 1930–31 season and 11 in 37 the next season. [2] In 1932–33, Hull City won the championship of the Third Division North, winning promotion for the first time in their history. [7] Mills played in nearly half the games, but failed to score, [2] and was released at the end of the season. [7] As of December 2008, his league goal return of 101 in 269 games places him third in Hull City's all-time league goalscorers, and his 110 from 291 appearances puts him fourth when all competitions are counted. [8]

On leaving Hull, Mills moved into non-League football with Scunthorpe & Lindsey United and Gainsborough Trinity before finishing his career at his first club, Barton Town. [2]

After football Mills was employed as a security man at a steelworks in Scunthorpe. [1] He died in 1994 at the age of 93. [2]

Personal life

Mills was great-uncle to football player and manager Nigel Pearson, the grandson of his brother Percy. [9]

Honours

Hull City

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