AHS Athletic
     Hall of Fame

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 JOE MILLS     GRADUATED 1917     CHARTER INDUCTEE 1967
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JOE MILLS          AHS Class of 1917
        Joe E. Mills was a baseball, basketball and football standout for Alliance High School, captaining the 1916-17 basketball team.
           He was a member of the 1914 grid team which outscored the opponents 188-36, but could do no better than a 6-2-2 record, losing two games by 10 points (Massillon, 3-0, and Martins Ferry, 7-0) and scoring 13 points in two ties (Akron South, 0-0, and New Philadelphia, 13-13).
           Starting college at Mount Union and then transferring to Carnegie Tech, Mills played football at both schools.
           Mills logged seven years as a player in the pioneer days of professional football, playing with the Akron Pros and the Ironton Tanks, the forerunner of the modern-day Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
          Born September 3, 1897, he was a sales tax examiner for the state of Ohio for 28 years.  His business associations also included the United States Steel Corporation.
          His community activities included being secretary of the Alliance Elks #467, an elder of the Sebring First Presbyterian Church, a Shriner and a 32nd Degree Mason.
           Elected to a four-year term on the Sebring Village council in 1966, Mills died May 31, 1967.