Syd Millar

Sydney Millar CBE  (23 ga Mayu 1934 - 10 ga Disamba 2023) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Arewacin Ireland wanda ya buga wa Ballymena RFC da Ulster da kuma ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa da ƙasa ga Ireland da British Lions .  Bayan ya yi ritaya daga buga ƙwallon ƙafa, ya zama kocin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma mai kula da ƙwallon ƙafa. Ya zama shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Irish Rugby a 1995 kuma daga 2003 zuwa 2007 ya zama shugaban hukumar ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya .  Tsohon kyaftin ɗin Lions Willie John McBride ya bayyana cewa Millar ya sadaukar da "dukkan rayuwarsa ga wasan". 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Millar a Ballymena da ke Arewacin Ireland, babban ɗansa a cikin yara shida.  Ya yi ɗan lokaci yana aiki a matsayin ɗan kadet na teku. 

 Rugby 
Millar ya buga wasa a waje da rabin lokaci a makaranta.  Mai fasaha sosai, ya mai da hankali kan abin da ya dace kuma zai iya buga wasa a kowane gefen scrum a matakin mafi girma. 

 Sana'ar wasa 
Millar ya buga wa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta garinsu, Ballymena RFC .

Millar ya fara bugawa Ireland wasa a shekarar 1958 kuma ya ci wasanni 37 a matsayin mai taimakawa. Wannan ya haɗa da tazarar shekaru huɗu lokacin da bai samu nasara ba. Wasansa na ƙarshe na ƙasa da ƙasa shine a shekarar 1970. 

Millar ya buga wasanni 39 a gasar British Lions da Irish Lions, ciki har da wasanni 9 na ƙasashen duniya, a zagaye 3. Duk da cewa an ce tighthead shine abin da ya fi so, ya yi wasa mai sauƙi a cikin jerin wasannin Lions na 1959 da 1962. Ya kuma buga wasa a zagayen 1968.

 Koci 
An naɗa Millar a matsayin kocin Ulster a watan Maris na 1972, inda ya maye gurbin Ken Armstrong .  A watan Yuli na wannan shekarar, aka naɗa shi kocin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasar Ireland, inda ya maye gurbin Ronnie Dawson .  Maurice Crabbe ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin kocin Ulster.  Ya horar da Ireland har zuwa watan Yuli na 1975, lokacin da aka naɗa Roly Meates a matsayin magajinsa. 

 Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa 
Millar ya yi aure kuma yana da 'ya mace Lesley da 'ya'ya maza Peter da Johnny.   Ya rasa haihuwar Peter, wanda daga baya ya zama Ulster, Ireland da Barbarians, saboda yana kan yawon shakatawa. 

Syd Millar ya mutu a ranar 10 ga Disamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 89.  
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1934
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