Ron Mills (curler)

Ronald A. Mills (June 23, 1943 – December 22, 2008) was a Canadian curler from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was a 1980 World Men's champion and a 1980 Brier champion.

This article is about Canadian curler. For Australian rules footballer, see Ron Mills.
Ron Mills
Curler
 ♂
Born(1943-06-23)June 23, 1943
DiedDecember 22, 2008(2008-12-22) (aged 65)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan[1]
Team
Curling clubNutana CC,
Saskatoon, SK
Career
Member Association Saskatchewan
Brier appearances2: (1980, 1988)
World Championship
appearances		1 (1980)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Canada
World Championships
1980 Moncton
Representing  Saskatchewan
Labatt Brier
1980 Calgary
1988 Chicoutimi

Mills was a level four coach, and served as head statistician for the first five Continental Cups.[2]

Mills worked for the Federated Co-Op for most of his life, where he worked in computer and internet technology skills, which he used in his work as a statistician for the Canadian Curling Association. He died of cancer.[3]

Awards

Teams
SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Coach		Events
1979–80Rick FolkRon MillsTom WilsonJim WilsonBrier 1980
WCC 1980
1986–87Eugene HritzukRon MillsIan TetleyBob UrselCOCT 1987 (8th)
1987–88Eugene HritzukDel ShaughnessyMurray SoparloDon DabrowskiRon MillsBrier 1988
gollark: My long-term plan for money extraction is to obtain relevant technical skills, and then to (muahahaha) exchange goods and services for money.
gollark: You *are* mildly increasing pizza prices for everyone.
gollark: What an interesting business venture. I'm willing to provide up to 22 kilobees of venture capital funding.
gollark: Not the west, due to day-night cycles.
gollark: As they say, cryoapioforns incurse from the east.

References
  1. Ron Mills Obituary - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Legacy.com
  2. "RIP Ron Mills". The Curling News. December 24, 2008.
  3. Mills, Ronald A. – CCA Hall of Fame | ACC Temple de la Renommée Virtuelle
  4. 1980 Rick Folk Curling Team - Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame
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