Photo: Jose Garcia from Orlando FL, USA / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Patty Mills is the kind of athlete I admire for carrying more than just a jersey. Born and raised in Canberra, he's of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian heritage, and that identity has clearly been central to who he is, not an afterthought. His 2022 appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia tells me his impact reaches well past the box score. As a guard who's played at the highest levels and represented Australia, he's a national figure, and being named in the Order signals the kind of off-court respect that, to me, often matters more than any single game. A genuine standard-bearer.
Overview
Patrick Sammie Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for La Laguna Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He is the general manager of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball program at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Mills was born and raised in Canberra, and is of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal Australian (Kokatha and Dauareb-Meriam) descent.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patty Mills
- Name (Japanese)
- パティ・ミルズ
- Reading
- ぱてぃ・みるず
- Born
- August 11, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Canberra, Australia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Saint Mary's College of California
Awards & achievements
- 2022 Member of the Order of Australia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Basketball player — see all → · More people from Australia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.