fullname heightweight death_date years clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
leonard j. mills 203 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 86 & nbsp 16 may 1965 1929 1930 '' ` total - '' ' st kilda hawthorn 1930 west torrens 8 february 1898 len mills
 len mills
len mills

leonard `` len '' mills -lrb- 8 february 1898 -- 16 may 1965 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with st kilda and hawthorn in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
mills , at 203 cm , is believed to have been at the time , the tallest ever vfl player .
he was a member of the 1924 west torrens premiership team and counts games in that 's years hobart carnival amongst his six interstate appearances .
he played with new town , a tasmanian club , in 1926 .
the next two seasons were spent back at west torrens .
already 31 by the time he joined st kilda in 1929 , mills kicked three goals on his vfl debut , against fitzroy at junction oval .
the following season he kicked 17 goals from eight appearances for hawthorn , which was enough to finish second in the club 's goal-kicking behind bert hyde .
