Peter Millar (21 April 1951 – 17 June 2013) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender or

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. Millar is best known for his time at

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

where he made 178 league appearances from 1972 to 1979;Peter Millar
MotherWELLnet he also played for

Arbroath Arbroath () or Aberbrothock ( gd, Obar Bhrothaig ) is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, with a population of 23,902. It lies on the North Sea coast some ENE of Dundee and SSW of Aberdeen. The ...

Dunfermline Athletic Dunfermline Athletic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dunfermline, Fife. Founded in 1885, the club currently play in Scottish League One after being relegated from the 2021–22 Scottish Championship. Dunfermline ...

and

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

before rounding off his career in the United States where he played for

Phoenix Inferno The Phoenix Inferno was an American indoor soccer team in Phoenix, Arizona, that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1980 to 1983. In 1983 new ownership renamed the team the Phoenix Pride. The Pride folded at the end of the 1983–19 ...

and Cleveland Force. .

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Dunfermline Athletic FC obituaryMotherwell FC obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Peter 1951 births 2013 deaths Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Wishaw Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Forth Wanderers F.C. players Arbroath F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Phoenix Inferno players Cleveland Force (original MISL) players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Deaths from brain cancer in Scotland