Paul Millar is a Scottish former footballer who last played for

Deveronvale Deveronvale Football Club are a senior association football club currently playing the Highland Football League in Scotland. They were founded in 1938 and play their football at the Princess Royal Park in the town of Banff, (formerly Banffs ...

and is most notably remembered for his time at

Elgin City F.C. Elgin City Football Club (also known as City or The Black and Whites) is a professional senior football club based in Elgin, Moray. Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club wa ...

Standing at six feet and ten inches tall, Millar is widely recognized as the tallest player in world football to date. Millar was signed in January 2010 by then manager

Ross Jack James Ross Jack (born 21 March 1959) is a Scottish football player and manager. Playing career A striker, Jack began his career with Ross County, where he played in the Highland Football League at the age of 14. He then joined Everton, init ...

, after impressing at a

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fixture held at the club's stadium. Millar is the only Elgin City F.C player to have scored in the League Two playoffs after an expertly dispatched volley beat Albion Rovers (1–0) in the first leg at Borough Briggs. Elgin City went on to lose the tie 2–1 in the second leg. Millar was involved in a nasty challenge and ruptured his ACL in April 2013 in the last minute of a 4–2 home victory against Clyde F.C where he scored a double to help his team to victory. He was recently inducted into the Kirckaldy YM Hall of Fame at the annual award ceremony. After struggling with the injury to his cruciate knee ligament, Millar moved to Formartine United in July 2014, but left exactly a year later for fellow Scottish side Deveronvale, but never fully recovered.

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* 1988 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Elgin City F.C. players Deveronvale F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1980s-stub