Alf Miller

Alf Miller
Personal information
Full name Alfred George Abraham Miller[1]
Date of birth (1917-03-25)25 March 1917[1]
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Date of death 2 August 1999(1999-08-02) (aged 82)[2]
Place of death Portsmouth, England[1]
Position(s) Wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935 Portsmouth 0 (0)
Ryde Sports
Margate
1936–1937 Bristol Rovers 0 (0)
1937–1939 Southport 32 (2)
1939–1948 Plymouth Argyle 9 (0)
1942–1945Aldershot (guest)
1948–1949 Colchester United 2 (0)
Total 43 (2)
Managerial career
1955 Colchester United (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred George Abraham Miller (25 March 1917 – 2 August 1999), also known as Dusty Miller, was an English professional footballer and coach who played as a wing half in the Football League for Southport and Plymouth Argyle.

Miller began his career with his hometown club Portsmouth but never appeared for the first-team. He ventured into non-League football before being handed another opportunity in the Football League by Bristol Rovers. Again, he failed to break into the first-team, but a move to Southport saw him make his professional debut in 1937. Two years with Southport amounted to 32 appearances and a move to Plymouth Argyle, but World War II broke out before Miller could make any appearances for the club.

Miller spent the war years making guest appearances for Aldershot, and finally made his debut for Plymouth in 1946. After injury interrupted his return, he made a move to Colchester United in 1948, where he played just twice before becoming a member of the club's coaching staff. He was briefly caretaker manager with Claude Orrin in early 1955.

  1. ^ a b c Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 172, 173. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  2. ^ "Alf Miller". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 March 2016.