Tom Miller

Thomas Miller (30 June 1890 – 3 September 1958) was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool and the Scotland national team during the early part of the 20th century.

Career Club Born in Motherwell, Miller played for Larkhall United and Hamilton Academical before manager Tom Watson brought him to Anfield in February 1912 for £400. Miller made his debut in a home Football League First Division match against The Wednesday on 17 February 1912, a game that finished 1–1, his first goal came a fortnight later on 2 March, a division 1 match, again, at home, and again, in a 1–1 draw, this time with Middlesbrough, a game that saw the debut of a Liverpool great, winger Bill Lacey.

The inside forward was a main stay of the Reds line-up and helped the club reach their first FA Cup Final in 1914, which ended in a 1–0 defeat to Burnley. This the last time the showpiece final was to be played at the Crystal Palace ground and it was also the first time the final was played in front of a reigning monarch, George V.

Miller's career was interrupted by the 1915 British football match-fixing scandal and World War I, but he did return to the Merseyside club in 1919 after its conclusion. He found success, scoring 13 goals in 25 matches, better than a goal every other game. His younger brother John was also at the club by this time but they only appeared in three games together, and John only made the first team eight times in all; the first time the siblings appeared together was in a league game at Boundary Park against Oldham on 2 April 1920, a game that finished 1–1. Two other Miller brothers, William and Adam were also footballers with Hamilton Accies, although not before he managed to earn himself a descent goals-per-game ratio at Anfield scoring 56 times in 146 appearances (averaging a goal every 2.6 games). After a season at Old Trafford, Miller later played for Heart of Midlothian, Torquay, Hamilton for a second spell his cause helped by a strong performance and goal in the 'Home Scots v Anglo-Scots' trial match of that year.