Callum Mills
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| Callum Mills | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Callum Mills | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales | ||
| Original team(s) | North Shore (Sydney AFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 3, 2015 national draft | ||
| Height/Weight | 187 cm / 80 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sydney | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2016– | Sydney | 7 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 7, 2016 season.
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Callum Mills (born 4 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early life
Mills was born in Sydney and grew up on the Northern Beaches. His grandfather, Ray Mills, played Australian rules football for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and represented Western Australia through the 1960s.[1] Callum was an avid Sydney Swans supporter as a child and idolised Swans' forward Tony Lockett.[2] He began playing Australian rules football at the age of four through the Auskick junior program, but gave the game away at seven years of age to play rugby union with his school friends.[3] In 2010, aged 13, Mills was approached by then-Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham to fill in for the Mosman Swans junior Australian rules football team. He impressed enough to be placed in the Sydney Swans talent academy later that year and gave up rugby union. Mills later revealed the Swans' academy was the major influence in his decision to play Australian rules football instead of rugby union when he was a teenager.[4]
Mills played the majority of his junior football for the North Shore Bombers. He was selected with the third pick in the 2015 AFL draft by the Sydney Swans. The Swans matched Melbourne's bid on Mills to secure his services.
AFL career
Mills initially given guernsey number #14 for the Swans.[5] He made his Round 1 debut against Collingwood, collecting 18 disposals in an eighty-point win.
References
- ↑ Code-swapper might be 2015 draft-topper
- ↑ Sydney Swans set on securing prodigious talent Callum Mills at AFL draft
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sydney Swans academy kept Callum Mills in the code
- ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/sydney/callum-mills-says-its-a-massive-honour-to-wear-the-no14-jumper-made-famous-by-paul-kelly-and-bob-skilton/news-story/f8306abd756e50a8d300ad47efb6ddde
External links
- Callum Mills's profile on the official website of the Sydney Swans
