Horrie Miller (rugby league)
- Horrie Miller (rugby league)
, the first years of the new code.
Miller was a former champion runner who headed the League's try-scoring list in that first season - he scored a hat trick of tries in that year's semi-final and followed that up with a further two in the final. He was also the League's top point scorer in season 1908. His only representative match came in that first year when he was selected to represent Sydney in a match against a touring New Zealand Maori side.
The wing three-quarter also served as Eastern Suburbs secretary in the club's first season. In addition, that year Miller was appointed secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Football League on a temporary basis, following the dismissal of J J Giltinan. The position became permanent in 1914 and Miller served in that role until 1946.
In the 1948 season the former league secretary unsuccessfully attempted to establish a rebel night competition.
Miller is credited with coining the phrase The Greatest Game of All.
References
* The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson
* History Of The New South Wales Rugby League Finals; Steve Haddan
* The Story Of Australian Rugby League; Gary Lester
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