Post by Macmoish on Sept 27, 2010 18:29:25 GMT
Again I confess to not having heard of him.
PFA's Give Me Football
ON This Day, September 27....
1951 Don Mills
Don Mills, Cardiff City’s popular midfield player, is transferred to Leeds United for £12,000. From 1946, when he first appeared in League soccer with Queens Park Rangers, until 1962 when he retired, he was one of the most consistent players in the game.
With great ball control, deceptive feints, accuracy of distribution, and the ability to ‘read’ a game and thus dictate its progress, he was an outstanding player whom sports journalists at every level racked their brains for new adjectives to describe.
The ‘Mills Bomb’ was a favourite headline to describe his impact. Eventually, after two years with Leeds, Torquay United paid their highest transfer fee for him and he played out his career there, eventually joining their coaching staff.
Don played in 464 League games and scored 96 goals, three goals in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup which enabled him to reach 100 in first class football.
He was recently voted as the ‘Greatest Player ever to play for Torquay United’ in the Football League Hall of Fame. Don spent a few years on the ‘Gulls’ coaching staff and later became a traffic warden in the town. He died in February 1994.
www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/on-this-day-in-history-september-27
PFA's Give Me Football
ON This Day, September 27....
1951 Don Mills
Don Mills, Cardiff City’s popular midfield player, is transferred to Leeds United for £12,000. From 1946, when he first appeared in League soccer with Queens Park Rangers, until 1962 when he retired, he was one of the most consistent players in the game.
With great ball control, deceptive feints, accuracy of distribution, and the ability to ‘read’ a game and thus dictate its progress, he was an outstanding player whom sports journalists at every level racked their brains for new adjectives to describe.
The ‘Mills Bomb’ was a favourite headline to describe his impact. Eventually, after two years with Leeds, Torquay United paid their highest transfer fee for him and he played out his career there, eventually joining their coaching staff.
Don played in 464 League games and scored 96 goals, three goals in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup which enabled him to reach 100 in first class football.
He was recently voted as the ‘Greatest Player ever to play for Torquay United’ in the Football League Hall of Fame. Don spent a few years on the ‘Gulls’ coaching staff and later became a traffic warden in the town. He died in February 1994.
www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/on-this-day-in-history-september-27
