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Brian
Miller |
Burnley FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 3
0%
successful
1961-62
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
George Brian Miller |
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Born |
19 January 1937 in Hapton, near Burnley,
Lancashire [registered in
Burnley, March 1937]. |
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Died |
7 April 2007 in Burnley
General Hospital, aged 70 years 78 days.
Buried 17 April at St.John the Evangelist Church, Worsthorne. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
0½", 12st.
10lbs [1961]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played schoolboy
football in Blackburn before joining Burnley FC in February 1954,
played 379 league appearances, scoring 29 times.
He retired through injury in April 1968 aand joined the Turf Moor coaching
staff. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Champions 1959-60; FA Cup
runners-up 1961-62; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Shortly
after accepting the opportunity, Miller became Burnley FC's first team
coach, a position he held until his appointment as manager in October 1979
until January 1983. He began a second spell as manager in July 1986 until
January 1989, when he became the club's chief scout. |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became
the 796th players (797) to appear for
England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No. 350, 27 May 1961,
Austria 3 England 1, an end-of season tour match at
Praterstadion, Prater, Wien, aged 24 years
128 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1962 (provisional squad) |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England
U23 (three appearances, May 1960) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Served as an apprentice marine
engineer when he was a part-time professional. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.174. |
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Brian Miller - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Brian Miller
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away - Red - Friendly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Match History
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Club: Burnley F.C. -
one full appearance (90 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - one full appearance (90 min)x
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FIFA set a deadline of 10 April 1962
for preliminary lists of forty players to be submitted. England's selectors
produced theirs, two days early. Following England's defeat by Scotland at
Hampden Park, the squad was whittled down to 22 names on 15 April, with 18 names
excluded, including Brian Miller. |
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