Marshall Freeborn Mills (1877 – May 30, 1949) was an American

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player and coach. He was the eighth head football coach at

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(NYU), serving for one season, in 1905, and leading the

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to a record of 3–3–1. A native of

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, Mills attend The Hill School in

Pottstown, Pennsylvania Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888 ...

. He played football as a

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from 1898 to 1901 and graduated in 1902. In 1902, he assisted in coaching the Princeton football team. Mills moved to

Spruce Pine, North Carolina Spruce Pine is a town in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,175 at the 2010 census. History Spruce Pine was founded in 1907 when the Clinchfield Railroad made its way up the North Toe River from Erwin, Tennessee ...

in 1920 and had a business interest in mining operations in the area. He was a founder and president of Victor Mica Company. In 1935, he established the Boone Forge, which produced building hardware and wrought iron work used in

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. Mills died on May 30, 1949, at a hospital in Marion, North Carolina, following a short illness. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in

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Head coaching record

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* 1877 births 1949 deaths 19th-century players of American football 20th-century American businesspeople American football guards American manufacturing businesspeople American mining businesspeople NYU Violets football coaches Princeton Tigers football coaches Princeton Tigers football players The Hill School alumni Sportspeople from Manhattan People from Spruce Pine, North Carolina Coaches of American football from New York (state) Players of American football from New York City Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) {{1900s-collegefootball-coach-stub