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, 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 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 70 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
Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...
on 9 April 2007.
During his first spell as manager at Burnley his son Dave played for Burnley and his daughter married club captain
Derek Scott. Their sons, Chris and Paul, also pulled on the Claret shirt.
Honours
Player
Burnley
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Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...
:
1959–60
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FA Cup finalist:
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Manager
Burnley
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Football League Third Division:
1981–82
References
External links
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The Independent*https://web.archive.org/web/20101019040006/http://www.thelongside.info/content/view/811/106/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120929134304/http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/page/LatestHeadlines/0%2C%2C10413~1879141%2C00.html
*http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/brianmiller.html
1937 births
2007 deaths
English footballers
England international footballers
England under-23 international footballers
Burnley F.C. players
Burnley F.C. managers
English football managers
Footballers from Burnley
Association football wing halves
English Football League players
English Football League representative players
English Football League managers
FA Cup Final players
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