He was the eighth head football coach at New York University (NYU), serving for one season, in 1905, and leading the Violets to a record of 3–3–1.
[2] A native of New York City, Mills attend The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
[4][5] Mills moved to Spruce Pine, North Carolina in 1920 and had a business interest in mining operations in the area.
In 1935, he established the Boone Forge, which produced building hardware and wrought iron work used in Colonial Williamsburg.
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