| Jimmy Millar | |
| Fullname: | James Alexander Millar |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Elgin, Scotland |
| Death Date: | January 1932 (aged 55) |
| Death Place: | Michigan, United States |
| Height: | 5ft 9in |
| Position: | Half back |
| Clubs1: | Elgin City |
| Years2: | 1898–1900 |
| Clubs2: | Rangers |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1899–1900 |
| Clubs3: | → Port Glasgow Athletic (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years5: | 1900–1903 |
| Clubs5: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps5: | 20 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1903–1907 |
| Clubs6: | Bradford City |
| Caps6: | 118 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 1909–1912 |
| Clubs7: | Aberdeen |
| Caps7: | 77 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
James Millar (4 May 1876 – January 1932) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a half back.
Millar spent his early career with Elgin City,[1] Rangers,[2] Port Glasgow Athletic[1] [3] and Middlesbrough.[4] At Rangers he played as an "attacking wing half"[4] and won the Scottish Football League title in his one full season, 1898–99, playing in the final five of the 18 fixtures – all of which Rangers won.[5] For Middlesbrough, he made 20 appearances in the Football League; he also made 3 FA Cup appearances.[6]
He joined Bradford City in June 1903, becoming one of the club's first professional players.[4] He was a "popular figure" and was elected by his teammates to serve as vice-captain to both Johnny McMillan and Fred Halliday.[4] He played in City's first ever Football League match on 1 September 1903, against Grimsby Town, playing as centre-half in that game.[4] He spent most of his time with City playing as a half back.[4] He retired due to injury in 1907, having made 118 league and 11 FA Cup appearances.[4] In 1909, Bradford City gave him a benefit match (shared with George Robinson).[7] That same year he returned to football, playing with Aberdeen until 1912.[4] [1]
Millar later worked as a sheep farmer in Australia, before dying in Michigan in January 1932, aged 55.[4] Millar was also a "fine landscape painter".[4]
| Club | Seasons | League | National Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Rangers | 1898-99 | Scottish Division One | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1899-00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Port Glasgow Athletic (loan) | 1899-00 | Scottish Division Two | 13 | 3 | - | - | 13+ | 3+ | |
| Middlesbrough | 1900-01 | Second Division | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 1901-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1902-03 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Bradford City | 1903-04 | Second Division | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 1904-05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1905-06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 1906-07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total | - | - | - | - | 118 | 1 | |||
| Aberdeen | 1909-10 | Scottish Division One | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 1910-11 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 1911-12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 77 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 84 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 115+ | 2+ | 10+ | 0+ | 243+ | 6+ | |||