Brian Miller (footballer)

Brian Miller

Personal information
Full name	Brian George Miller
Date of birth	(1937-01-19)19 January 1937
Place of birth	Hapton, England
Date of death
Place of death	Burnley, England
Height
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1966	Burnley	379	(29)
International career
1961	England	1	(0)
Managerial career
1979–1983	Burnley
1986–1989	Burnley
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian George Miller (19 January 1937 – 7 April 2007) was a professional footballer and England international who played as a wing half.

Born in Hapton, Lancashire, England, Miller played only for Burnley during his career. He won his only international cap on 27 May 1961 in a 3–1 defeat to Austria.

He twice managed the Clarets between 1979 and 1983 and between 1986 and 1989. He helped them win the Third Division title during his first spell.

Miller died peacefully surrounded by his family in Burnley General Hospital at the age of seventy following a short illness. Miller spent five weeks in Burnley General Hospital with the illness before he died. A minute's silence in memory of Miller was observed prior to Burnley's game against Cardiff City on 9 April 2007. During his first spell as manager at Burnley his son Dave played for Burnley and his daughter married club captain Dereck Scott. Their sons, Chris & Paul also pulled on the Claret shirt.

Honours

Burnley

• Football League First Division: Winners 1959-60
• FA Cup finalists: 1962

External links

• Brian Miller career statistics at Soccerbase
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/brian-miller-444289.html
• http://www.thelongside.info/content/view/811/106/
• http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/page/LatestHeadlines/0,,10413~1879141,00.html
• http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/brianmiller.html