- Bobby Miller
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name =Bobby Miller
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placeofbirth=Co Laois
countryofbirth=Ireland
dob=18/March/1950
dod=10/June/2006
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sport=Gaelic football
code=Football
county=Laois
province=Leinster
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club=Timahoe
clyears=? -?
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clubs=Timahoe
counties=Laois
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|Bobby Miller (18 March 1950 - 10 June 2006) was an Irish
Gaelic football er who played for Laois and Timahoe. In June 2006, Miller was managing theArles-Killeen side from Laois that included Laois county stars Beano McDonald andDonie Brennan when he became ill on the sideline shortly before half time. Medics did what they could on the pitch itself and he was then taken toPortlaoise Midland Regional Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was 56 years old.Player
He won the
Leinster Minor Football Championship title with Laois in 1967 and in 1969 he added anLeinster U21 Football Championship title to his honours.During the same year, 1969, he won a
Laois Senior Football Championship with hisTimahoe GAA club and it proved to be the only time Timahoe were crowned club champions in Laois at senior level. Bobby along with four of his brothers John, Tom, Jim and Dick (the current Chairman of Laois County Board) contributed in a major way to that famous win. The 1969 team was captained by Tom Joe Bradley.Miller famously won the
Railway Cup with Leinster in 1974 while partnering Kildare's Pat Mangan in midfield.Manager
As a manager, Miller trained Athy to win their first Kildare senior football title in 45 years in 1987 and in the following years he managed Leinster to win back-to-back
Railway Cup titles.He will perhaps be most renowned for his success as a manager when he guided Carlow's Éire Óg to their first of five Leinster club title victories in 1993 which also included two
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final appearances.Miller also had a managerial period with his native Laois.
External links
* [http://laoisgaa.ie/ Official Laois GAA Website]
* [http://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/ Laois GAA]
* [http://www.laoisgaa.utvinternet.ie/ Unofficial Laois Website]
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