James Henry Miller (born 30 May 1919) is a former

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er in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He turned 100 in May 2019. Miller was born in Melbourne suburb of Footscray and played in the

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until he was recruited by the Footscray Football Club. Miller made his debut for Footscray in 1938 and played 131 games for the club in the next 11 years. During World War II he served in both the army and the RAAF. He left the VFL in 1948 to join Yarraville Football Club in the Victorian Football Association, where he was

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. He retired from playing in 1949 due to a leg injury. Miller was made a life member of the Footscray Football Club in 1947. He was a committee member of the club from 1957 and served as president between 1963 and 1966, when he did not stand for re-election, after previously serving as vice-president under Henry Dolphin. Mark Buttler and Steven Milne named Miller as one of Footscray's best 50 players in their 1994 book, ''Sons of the 'Scray: Footscray's Finest 50''.

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Jim Miller's profile
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Jim Miller's playing statistics
from The VFA Project {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Jim Western Bulldogs players Yarraville Football Club players Yarraville Football Club coaches Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1919 births Living people Australian centenarians Men centenarians Australian Army personnel of World War II People from Footscray, Victoria Military personnel from Melbourne