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Bill Millar (born 20 May 1950) is a Canadian former international soccer player.[1]

Bill Millar
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-05-20) 20 May 1950 (age 72)[1]
Place of birth Lennoxtown, Scotland[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971 Toronto City
1972 Hamilton Italo-Canadians
1973 London City
1974 Hamilton City
1976 Welland Lions Croatia
1977 St. Catharines Roma
National team
1971 Canada U23 9 (0)
1973 Canada 1 (0)
Teams managed
1986–2016 Brock Badgers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career


Millar played with Toronto City in 1971, and the following season played in the National Soccer League with Hamilton Italo-Canadians.[2] In 1973, he played with league rivals London City.[3] He played with Hamilton City in 1974, and later with Welland Lions Croatia and St. Catharines Roma.[2][4]

In 2012, he was inducted into the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame.[5] In 2014, the Ontario Soccer Association awarded Millar with the Ontario Soccer Meritorious Service Award.[6]


International career


Millar made his debut for the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team on 8 June 1971 against Mexico.[7] He represented Canada in the 1971 Pan American Games.[1] He made his senior debut on 5 August 1973 against the United States in a friendly match.[8]


Managerial career


After playing college soccer with the McMaster Marauders, he became a teacher.[1] He was head coach of the Brock Badgers for 31 seasons until retiring in 2016.[9] In 2019, he was named the head coach for Hamilton United Elite's U15 girl's Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) program.[10]


References


  1. "Profile". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 221.
  3. Onorato, Andre (25 June 1973). "Cantalia splits two in weekend soccer". Montreal Gazette. p. 14.
  4. Onorato, Andre (3 June 1974). "Local sides bow to visiting Hamilton". Montreal Gazette. p. 33.
  5. "Millar inducted into Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame". Brock University Athletics. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. "President's Award and Centre Circle Awards winners announced". Ontario Soccer Association. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  8. "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. Connor Allen (23 August 2016). "Brock Men's Soccer head coach Bill Millar retires after 31 seasons, Lucia Ianiero Takes over". Brock Press. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  10. Leo Cavalluzzo. "HAMILTON UNITED - Coaches". www.hamutd.com. Retrieved 5 April 2020.





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