Tommy Mills, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tommy Mills

American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Beloit, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1944

Profession: basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Thomas Emmet Mills (April 5, 1883 – February 25, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Creighton University (1915–1919), Beloit College (1920–1925), Georgetown University (1930–1932), and Arkansas State College (1934–1935), compiling a career college football record of 63–45–12.
Mills was the head baseball coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1927 to 1929, during which time he was also an assistant football coach at the school under Knute Rockne.
In addition, Mills was the head basketball coach at Creighton (1916–1920), Beloit (1920–1923), and Arkansas State (1935–1936), amassing a career college basketball record of 107–25.
Mills died at the age of 60 on February 25, 1944 of a heart attack at the Rockne Memorial Field House in Notre Dame, Indiana.
He served as the director of the field house for the four years before his death.