{{Short description|Scottish-born Canadian soccer player and coach}} {{for|the English visual effects artist|Bill Millar (visual effects artist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Bill Millar |image = |upright = |caption = |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|5|20|df=y}}<ref name="CSA"/> |birth_place = Lennoxtown, Scotland<ref name="CSA"/> |height = 1.83 m<ref name="CSA"/> |position = Defender |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |collegeyears1 = McMaster Marauders |college1 = |collegecaps1 = |collegegoals1 = |years1 = 1971 |clubs1 = Toronto City |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1972 |clubs2 = Hamilton Italo-Canadians |caps2 = |goals2 = |years3 = 1973 |clubs3 = London City |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1974 |clubs4 = Hamilton City |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = 1976 |clubs5 = Welland Lions Croatia |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = 1977 |clubs6 = St. Catharines Roma |caps6 = |goals6 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = |nationalyears1 = 1971 |nationalteam1 = Canada U23 |nationalcaps1 = 9 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 1973 |nationalteam2 = Canada |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0 |manageryears1 = 1986–2016 |managerclubs1 = Brock Badgers }} '''Bill Millar''' (born 20 May 1950) is a Canadian former international soccer player.<ref name="CSA">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=2197&teamId=2068 |website=Canada Soccer | date=28 January 2020 |access-date=2 March 2024}}</ref>
== Club career == A defender,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Millar |url=https://thecnsl.com/2023/04/26/bill-millar/ |website=Canadian National Soccer League |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=26 April 2023}}</ref> Millar played with Toronto City in 1971, and the following season played in the National Soccer League with Hamilton Italo-Canadians.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Jose|first=Colin|title=On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario|publisher=Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum|year=2001|location=Vaughan, Ontario|pages=221}}</ref> In 1973, he played with league rivals London City.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Onorato|first=Andre|date=25 June 1973|title=Cantalia splits two in weekend soccer|page=14|work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref> He played with Hamilton City in 1974, and later with Welland Lions Croatia and St. Catharines Roma.<ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Onorato|first=Andre|date=3 June 1974|title=Local sides bow to visiting Hamilton|page=33|work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref>
In 2012, he was inducted into the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gobadgers.ca/news/2012/3/25/3_25_2012_1047.aspx?path=bh|title=Millar inducted into Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame|date=25 March 2012|website=Brock University Athletics|language=en|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> In 2014, the Ontario Soccer Association awarded Millar with the Ontario Soccer Meritorious Service Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://osadev.cansportlive2.com/ArticleDetails/TabId/29984/ArtMID/46727/ArticleID/70/President%E2%80%99s-Award-and-Centre-Circle-Awards-winners-announced.aspx|title=President's Award and Centre Circle Awards winners announced|date=30 April 2014|website=Ontario Soccer Association|language=en-US|access-date=5 April 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
== International career == Millar made his debut for the Canada men's national under-23 soccer team on 8 June 1971 against Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?gid=52&t=match|title=Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|date=21 November 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> He represented Canada in the 1971 Pan American Games.<ref name="CSA" /> He made his senior debut on 5 August 1973 against the United States in a friendly match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/?gid=72&t=match|title=Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|date=21 November 2019 |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
== Managerial career == After playing college soccer with the McMaster Marauders, he became a teacher.<ref name="CSA" /> He was head coach of the Brock Badgers for 31 seasons until retiring in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brockpress.com/2016/08/brock-mens-soccer-head-coach-bill-millar-retires-after-31-seasons-lucia-ianiero-takes-over/|title=Brock Men's Soccer head coach Bill Millar retires after 31 seasons, Lucia Ianiero Takes over|date=23 August 2016|access-date=18 December 2016|author=Connor Allen|work=The Brock Press |publisher=Brock Press}}</ref> In 2019, he was named the head coach for Hamilton United Elite's U15 girl's Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamutd.com/coaches.php|title=HAMILTON UNITED - Coaches|last=Leo Cavalluzzo|website=www.hamutd.com|access-date=5 April 2020|archive-date=25 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325203214/https://www.hamutd.com/coaches.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Canada Soccer player|id=2197}}
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