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Mills was born in Multan, India, but raised in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire.
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Paddy Mills
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He played as a forward, though in the later part of his career he moved to wing half. He began his football career with local club Barton Town before joining Hull City of the Second Division in 1920. Foreign three consecutive seasons, from 1923-1924 to 1925-1926, Mills was Hull"s leading scorer.
In the second of those three seasons, he scored 29 goals in all competitions when no other Hull player reached double figures.
In March 1926, N ottinghamshire County paid a fee of £3,750 for his services, but he was unable to prevent their relegation from the First Division. After three years with County, in which he scored at a rate approaching a goal every other game, Mills moved back to the First Division with Birmingham, but failed to settle, and returned to Hull in December 1929.
New manager Haydn Green converted Mills to play at wing half, though he still scored goals: 12 in 30 games in the 1930-1931 season and 11 in 37 the next season. Mills played in nearly half the games, but failed to score, and was released at the end of the season.
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.
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. After football Mills was employed as a security man at a steelworks in Scunthorpe. He died in 1994 at the age of 93. with Hull City.
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