Adam Miller (footballer, born 1883)

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Hamilton Academical player, see Adam Miller (footballer, born 1887).

Adam Miller
Personal information
Date of birth 1883
Place of birth Eyemouth, Scotland
Date of death 21 December 1917 (aged 34)[1]
Place of death Messines, Belgium
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Coldstream
Eyemouth
1905 Berwick Rangers
1905–1906 Hibernian 2 (0)
1906–1907 Raith Rovers 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adam Miller (1883 – 21 December 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Hibernian and Raith Rovers as a centre forward.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Miller was educated at Eyemouth Public School.[4] Prior to emigrating to Brisbane, Australia in 1912,[5][6] he worked as a tailor and served in the Royal Garrison Artillery.[7][8] In December 1914, four months after the outbreak of the First World War,[9] he attested as a private in the 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment in Ayr.[7][10] On 8 April 1915, Miller departed for the fighting from Brisbane on the HMAT Star of England and saw action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.[6] He was promoted to lance corporal in August 1916, but immediately reverted to private upon his own request.[7][11]

During the course of his service, Miller suffered from several bouts of dysentery and was twice disciplined for going AWOL,[12] for which he received field punishments no. 1 and 2 respectively.[11][13] In May 1917, Miller was recommended for the Military Medal after showing "gallant conduct and devotion to duty under fire as [a] stretcher-bearer" during the Second Battle of Bullecourt, but he did not receive the award.[4] On 21 December 1917, Miller was "killed carrying rations at Fanny's Dump, corner of Fanny's Street", in the vicinity of Messines.[4][6] He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 1905–06[3] Scottish First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Raith Rovers 1906–07[3] Scottish Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 3 0 0 0 3 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. ^ a b c "Adam Miller". AIF Project. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Private Adam Miller | War memorials". The Coldstream History Society. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Adam Miller | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1917–1918" (PDF). p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ^ "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. ^ "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. ^ Adam Miller on Lives of the First World War
  11. ^ a b "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  12. ^ "RecordSearch". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Service records". www.recordsearch.naa.gov.au. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
Flag of ScotlandSoccer icon

This biographical article related to association football in Scotland, about a forward born in the 1880s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adam_Miller_(footballer,_born_1883)&oldid=1184438515"