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Keith Miller (footballer, born 1953)

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Full name
  
Keith. J. Miller

Role
  
Footballer, born 1953

Name
  
Keith Miller

Years
  
Club

Height/Weight
  
188 cm / 84 kg


Date of birth
  
(1953-02-14) 14 February 1953 (age 62)

1972-1973 1974 1975 1976-1977 1978-1985
  
Echuca Geelong Echuca Turvey Park Eastlake

Keith Miller (born 14 February 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Geelong

Miller, a ruckman from Echuca, was at Geelong for one season, in 1974. On his league debut, in the opening round of the season against Footscray, Miller came on as a reserve in the last quarter. His only other appearance came in round three, when Geelong beat Melbourne at the MCG. Miller started the game on this occasion.

Country football

He returned to Echuca in 1975, then spent two seasons with Turvey Park, a Wagga Wagga based club in the South Western District Football League (SWDFL). In 1977 he was runner-up in the SWDFL's Gammage Medal and played in Turvey Park's premiership team, as an assistant coach.

ACTAFL

In 1978, Miller became captain-coach of ACT Australian Football League club Eastlake, which he led to a premiership in his first season, with a grand final win over Kevin Neale's Ainslie. The following year he won a Mulrooney Medal as well as the first of three successive club best and fairest awards. He spent the 1980 season as a player only, then at the end of the year was appointed coach of Belconnen. Before the 1981 season began, Miller resigned as coach and returned to Eastlake. He won a second Mulrooney Medal in 1981 and was a Alex Jesaulenko Medalist in 1982 for his performance in Eastlake's grand final loss to Ainslie. Returning as coach in 1985, it would be his last season playing for the club. His final year at Eastlake in 1986 was as a non playing coach.

References

Keith Miller (footballer, born 1953) Wikipedia