Jim Mills is a Welsh former rugby league footballer of the 1970s. Usually playing at prop, he played club football in England with Halifax, Widnes and Workington and also in Australia for North Sydney. "Big Jim" as he was known also played representative rugby league for Wales and Great Britain. His son, David Mills became a prop forward for Widnes as well, playing in Super League.

After a strong display for Wales in their 1975 World Series win against England in Brisbane, Sydney's Manly-Warringah and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs were keen to get Mills' signature.^[1]

Jim Mills was also one of the original thirteen former Widnes players inducted into The Widnes Hall of Fame in 1992.

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• Jim Mills at rugby.widnes.tv
• Jim Mills at eraofthebiff.com
• Jim Mills at yesterdayshero.com.au
• Jim Mills at stats.rleague.com
• Jim Mills at rugbyleagueproject.org

v • d • e Wales squad - 1975 Rugby League World Cup (7/8) Peter Banner • (4/8) John Bevan • (3/8) Brian Butler • (6/8) Kelvin "Kel" Coslett • (4/8) Edward "Eddie" Cunningham • (4/8) Colin Dixon • (2/8) Richard "Dick" Evans • (6/8) Anthony "Tony" Fisher • (8/8) Bill Francis • (2/8) Stuart Gallacher • (3/8) Brian Gregory • (1/8) Melvyn "Mel" James • (2/8) Clive Jones • (8/8) John Mantle • (7/8) Roy Mathias • (5/8) 'Big' Jim Mills • (3/8) Michael "Mick" Murphy • (0/8) Michael "Mike" Nicholas • (1/8) Maurice Richards • (3/8) Peter Rowe • (4/8) Clive Sullivan • (4/8) David Treasure • (4/8) Glyn Turner • (1/8) Richard Wallace • (3/8) Robert "Bobby" Wanbon • (8/8) David Watkins (c) • (6/8) David Willicombe • (7/8) Frank Wilson Coaches: R. Simpson Coach Leslie "Les" Pearce (5/8), e.g. The Number of Games Played in the 1975 World Cup.