Jimmy Millar (footballer, born 1876)

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

For other players by this name, see Jimmy Millar.

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 (175 cm)[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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

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

References
  1. "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. Frost, p. 124
  5. Stuart Spencer (16 January 2019). "The Season of 1898-99". Scottish Football Museum. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. "Profile". 11v11.
  7. Frost, p. 135
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