Walter Miller
Personal information
Full name Walter Miller[1]
Date of birth June 1882[1]
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne, England[1]
Date of death 1928 (aged 4546)[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward, inside right[1]
Youth career
Wallsend Park Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1908 The Wednesday 3 (0)
1908–1909 West Ham United 11 (5)
1909–1911 Blackpool 37 (15)
1911 Third Lanark 1 (0)
1912–1914 Lincoln City 35 (8)
1914 Merthyr Town
1914–1915 Dundee 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Miller (June 1882 – 1928) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Blackpool and Lincoln City, amongst other clubs.[3]

Miller joined Southern League club West Ham United for the 1908–09 season and scored in his second outing for the club. He was an ever-present during that season's FA Cup run, which culminated in defeat at Newcastle United in a third-round replay on 24 February 1909.[4][5]

In 1909–10, he finished as top scorer for Blackpool in his first season with the club, with fourteen goals in all competitions.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
  2. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Lincoln City". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  5. "Walter Miller". westhamstats.info.


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