Steve Mills (juggler)

Steve Mills (1957 – June 3, 2023)[1] was an American juggler and unicyclist from Morristown, New Jersey. He was the inventor of the "Mills' Mess" juggling pattern.[2][3] Mills was taught to juggle by Ron Graham, a juggler and mathematician.[4]

  1. ^ "Remembering Steve Mills". Juggling Information Service Committee. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Dancey, Charlie (1995). Charlie Dancey's Compendium of Club Juggling. UK: Butterfingers Books. p. 116. ISBN 1-898591-14-8. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  3. ^ Arthur Lewbel (Winter 1994–1995). "Academic Juggler - A Messy History and Other Academic Notes". Juggler's World. 46 (4). International Jugglers' Association: 31. Retrieved December 13, 2010. Apparently [Ron] Graham experimented with many patterns that crossed hands or changed direction in the Mess way, some of which were likely to be close to the current Mess: Steve studied Ron's patterns, and other jugglers as well, including films of Vaudeville jugglers. From this stew, the Mess emerged. Ron and Steve juggled at the YMCA in Morristown, N.J., when the mess was created, but the name "Mills Mess" was given to this trick some years later on the West coast by Ed Jackman, Barrett Felker, and/or Norm Johnson.
  4. ^ "What got you juggling?". Steve Mills. Retrieved December 13, 2010. I learned from Ronald Graham, a well known mathmetician [sic]... in 1972, when Ron continually prodded me to give it a try.