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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
1960-62

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  George Brian Miller
Birth 19 January 1937 in Hapton, near Burnley, Lancashire [registered in Burnley, March 1937].
Death 7 April 2007 in Burnley General Hospital, aged 70 years 78 days.
Funeral 17 April at St. John the Evangelist Church, Worsthorne.

Source

 Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Club Career
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.
Club honours Football  League Champions 1959-60; FA Cup runners-up 1961-62;
Individual honours Football League (two appearances)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 6' 0½", 12st. 10lbs [1961].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
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.
Club honours None

England Career
Player number One of two who became the 796th players (797) to appear for England.
Position(s) Right-half
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.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1962 (provisional)
Team honours None
Individual honours England U23 (three appearances, May 1960)
Distinctions None

Beyond England
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.


The Numbers
parties Appearances unused/
reserve		 minutes captain
8 1 five 90 0 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts % W/L
1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0 0 1 3 0 -1
His only match was a friendly match played at an away venue and played in a red shirt

Match History

 
Age 23 under 23  
reserve - France November 1959; three appearances - GDR, Poland & Israel May 1960.


 Club: Burnley F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - one full appearance (90 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

342 8 October 1960 - Northern Ireland 2 England 5, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW reserve
343 19 October 1960 - Luxembourg 0 England 9, Stade Municipal, Stad Lëtzebuerg WCP AW reserve
344 26 October 1960 - England 4 Spain 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW reserve
345 23 November 1960 - England 5 Wales 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HW reserve
Brian Miller was a member of the Lilleshall get-together on 12-14 December 1960

Age 24
346 15 April 1961 - England 9 Scotland 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HW reserve
  
348 21 May 1961 - Portugal 1 England 1, Estadio Nacional, Lisboa WCP AD party member
349 24 May 1961 - Italy 2 England 3, Stadio Olimpico, Roma
tour		 AW
1 350 27 May 1961 - Austria 3 England 1
Praterstadion, Wien		 AL   5
  

one of two who became the 796th player (797) to appear for England.
one of two who became the nineteenth Burnley player to represent England

Age 25    
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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