| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Mills | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Stone, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1993 | Port Vale | 23 | (4) |
| Total | 23 | (4) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Brian Mills (born 26 December 1971) is an English former footballer. His brief professional career was ended by illness in 1993.
Mills graduated through Port Vale's junior squad to sign professional forms in April 1990. His full debut came on 11 May 1991, in a 3–1 home win over Swindon Town, with Mills grabbing two of the goals. He was selected for the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship for the England squad, playing alongside future Premier League star Andrew Cole.
He was hospitalized in March 1992 with a rare virus and was released in September 1993; still not fit to play full time. Still only 21 and with a mere 23 league appearances and four goals to his name, he never played professional football again.[1]
Mills now teaches Physics and Mathematics at John Taylor High School in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire.