Syd Millar

Syd Millar CBE
Chairman of the International Rugby Board
In office 2003–2007
Deputy	Silas Nkanunu Bob Tuckey[1]
Preceded by	Vernon Pugh
Succeeded by	Bernard Lapasset
Vice-chairman of the IRB
In office 16 September 2002 – 31 December 2003
Preceded by	Rob Fisher
Succeeded by	Silas Nkanunu[2]
Rugby player
Birth name	Sydney Millar[3]
Date of birth	(1934-05-23)23 May 1934
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Date of death	10 December 2023(2023-12-10) (aged 89)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
School	Ballymena Academy
University	Belfast Nautical College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1950–1972 Ballymena[4] () 1957–65, 67–71 Ulster[4] () 1959–1971 Barbarians F.C.[5] () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1958–1970 Ireland 37 (0) 1959–1968 British and Irish Lions 9 (0) Coaching career Years Team 1973–1975 Ireland[4] 1974 British and Irish Lions[4]

Sydney Millar CBE^[6] (23 May 1934 – 10 December 2023) was a Northern Irish rugby union prop who played for Ballymena RFC and Ulster and international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions.^[7] After retiring from playing rugby he became a rugby coach and a rugby administrator. He became chairman of the Irish Rugby Union in 1995 and from 2003 until 2007 was chairman of the International Rugby Board.^[8] Former Lions captain Willie John McBride stated that Millar had given "his whole life to the game".^[9]