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Jimmy Millar (footballer, born 1876)

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Jimmy Millar
Personal information
Full name James Alexander Millar
Date of birth 4 May 1876[1]
Place of birth Elgin, Scotland[1]
Date of death January 1932 (aged 55)
Place of death Michigan, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Elgin City
1898–1900 Rangers 5 (0)
1899–1900 → Port Glasgow Athletic (loan) 13 (3)
1900–1903 Middlesbrough 20 (0)
1903–1907 Bradford City 118 (1)
1909–1912 Aberdeen 77 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

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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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[8][9]

Club Seasons League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rangers 1898-99 Scottish Division One 5 0 0 0 5 0
1899-00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 5 0
Port Glasgow Athletic (loan) 1899-00 Scottish Division Two 13 3 - - 13+ 3+
Middlesbrough 1900-01 Second Division 19 0 3 0 22 0
1901-02 0 0 0 0 0 0
1902-03 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 20 0 3 0 23 0
Bradford City 1903-04 Second Division 24 0 4 0 28 0
1904-05 - - - - - -
1905-06 - - - - - -
1906-07 - - - - - -
Total - - - - 118 1
Aberdeen 1909-10 Scottish Division One 34 1 3 0 37 1
1910-11 30 1 4 0 34 1
1911-12 13 0 0 0 13 0
Total 77 2 7 0 84 2
Career total 115+ 2+ 10+ 0+ 243+ 6+

Sources

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "James Millar profile". AFC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  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. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Frost, p. 124
  5. ^ Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Profile". 11v11.
  7. ^ Frost, p. 135
  8. ^ "11v11".
  9. ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.


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