Football club's mascot named after mentor who died
Aaron Mills, 18, who recently died from meningitis, was a mentor and coach for Wolverley FC.
Aaron Mills died from meningitis earlier this year [Handout] A grassroots football club in Kidderminster will name its new mascot in memory of a former mentor and coach. Aaron Mills died on 3 January from a strain of meningitis that was not covered in his school vaccinations. Wolverley Football Club will name its mascot Swazza the Swan after the local community responded to its call-out for suggestions.
Parents Deniz and Anthony Mills said that Aaron received the nickname Swazza from school and were "incredibly proud" he would be remembered by the club. Anthony Mills said a teacher from King Charles I school gave Aaron the nickname after watching him play football. He said: "He used to watch Aaron play football on the astro turf.
He would score a worldly goal with a bit of curve and bit of swaz on it and gave him the name. "We were extremely proud of Aaron anyway for the person he was. After he passed we had lots of stories of how he affected other people and we just got more proud of him.
" "It's just the way people thought of him, they thought he was a great lad. " Hospital staff diagnosed Aaron with Meningitis B days after he had complained of headaches. He suffered a seizure at home and was taken to hospital for treatment.