Jimmy_Millar_(footballer_born_1877)

Jimmy Millar (footballer, born 1876)

Jimmy Millar (footballer, born 1876)

Scottish footballer

For other players by this name, see Jimmy Millar.

James Millar (4 May 1876 – January 1932) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back.

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Career

Millar spent his early career with Elgin City,[1] Rangers,[2] Port Glasgow Athletic[1][3] and Middlesbrough.[4] At Rangers he played as an "attacking wing half"[4] and won the Scottish Football League title in his one full season, 1898–99, playing in the final five of the 18 fixtures – all of which Rangers won.[5] For Middlesbrough, he made 20 appearances in the Football League; he also made 3 FA Cup appearances.[6]

He joined Bradford City in June 1903, becoming one of the club's first professional players.[4] He was a "popular figure" and was elected by his teammates to serve as vice-captain to both Johnny McMillan and Fred Halliday.[4] He played in City's first ever Football League match on 1 September 1903, against Grimsby Town, playing as centre-half in that game.[4] He spent most of his time with City playing as a half back.[4] He retired due to injury in 1907, having made 118 league and 11 FA Cup appearances.[4] In 1909, Bradford City gave him a benefit match (shared with George Robinson).[7] That same year he returned to football, playing with Aberdeen until 1912.[4][1]

Millar later worked as a sheep farmer in Australia, before dying in Michigan in January 1932, aged 55.[4] Millar was also a "fine landscape painter".[4]

Career statistics

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Sources

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References

  1. [1]
    "James Millar profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Rangers player James Elgin Miller [sic]". FitbaStats. Retrieved 29 January 2019. Possibly a nickname derived from his birthplace as there was another player by the same name in the squad.
  3. [3]
    John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. [4]
    Frost, p. 124
  5. [5]
    Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Profile". 11v11.
  7. [7]
    Frost, p. 135
  8. [8]
    "11v11".
  9. [9]
    "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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