Jim Miller (Australian footballer)
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Jim 'Frosty' Miller is a former Australian rules football
er who played for Carlton
in the Victorian Football League
(VFL) and had a noted career with Dandenong
in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Recruited from the small town of Garfield
, Miller won the 1963 West Gippsland Football League goalkicking award with 121 goals.
Miller, a full-forward, started his career at Carlton and showed glimpses of his prolific goalkicking in his two seasons, scoring five goals against Hawthorn in just his second game and managing a sequence of five, six and four goals during the 1964 season. Miller decided to leave Carlton midway in 1965 he returned to Garfield. In 1966 he set a West Gippsland league record of 148 goals.
He joined VFA club Dandenong in 1967 and soon became a valuable member of the team playing at full forward. He kicked 106 goals in 1969. He was a member of Dandenong's 1971 premiership team, remembered for a controversial free kick that he received before the opening siren of the Grand Final
. The umpire, believing that Preston full-back Barrie Leslie had pushed Miller in the back, awarded a free kick despite the start of play not having been signalled. Miller kicked the goal and four quarters later Dandenong won by six points. Preston lodged a protest after the game and it went to a VFA hearing, with the final decision from the committee going in Dandenong's favour 39 votes to five.
From 1968 to 1971, Miller topped the league's goalkicking. He was the leading goalkicker again in 1973 with a career high 108 goals and again for the sixth and final time in 1974. By the time he retired in 1976 he had amassed 885 goals at an average of 4.8 per game.
Miller became Captain-Coach of Berwick of the South West Gippsland Football League in 1977. In 1978 he kicked 201 goals for the season , the fourth man to achieve this feat. He stopped playing in 1981 after injuries hampered his last three seasons.
The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal
, awarded to the leading goalkicking in the modern day VFL, is named in his honour. He is a full-forward in Dandenong's official 'Team of the Century'.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er who played for Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
in the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
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(VFL) and had a noted career with Dandenong
Dandenong Football Club
Dandenong Football Club was an Australian rules football club which played in the Victorian Football Association . Based in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong, the Redlegs wore navy blue and red as their club colours.-History:...
in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Recruited from the small town of Garfield
Garfield, Victoria
Garfield is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 69 km south-east from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia...
, Miller won the 1963 West Gippsland Football League goalkicking award with 121 goals.
Miller, a full-forward, started his career at Carlton and showed glimpses of his prolific goalkicking in his two seasons, scoring five goals against Hawthorn in just his second game and managing a sequence of five, six and four goals during the 1964 season. Miller decided to leave Carlton midway in 1965 he returned to Garfield. In 1966 he set a West Gippsland league record of 148 goals.
He joined VFA club Dandenong in 1967 and soon became a valuable member of the team playing at full forward. He kicked 106 goals in 1969. He was a member of Dandenong's 1971 premiership team, remembered for a controversial free kick that he received before the opening siren of the Grand Final
1971 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
The 1971 VFA Division 1 Grand Final was an Australian rules football match played between the Dandenong Redlegs and the Preston Bullants. The match was held on Sunday 26 September 1971 at the Junction Oval in St Kilda, Victoria, to decide Division 1 Premiership for the 1971 Victorian Football...
. The umpire, believing that Preston full-back Barrie Leslie had pushed Miller in the back, awarded a free kick despite the start of play not having been signalled. Miller kicked the goal and four quarters later Dandenong won by six points. Preston lodged a protest after the game and it went to a VFA hearing, with the final decision from the committee going in Dandenong's favour 39 votes to five.
From 1968 to 1971, Miller topped the league's goalkicking. He was the leading goalkicker again in 1973 with a career high 108 goals and again for the sixth and final time in 1974. By the time he retired in 1976 he had amassed 885 goals at an average of 4.8 per game.
Miller became Captain-Coach of Berwick of the South West Gippsland Football League in 1977. In 1978 he kicked 201 goals for the season , the fourth man to achieve this feat. He stopped playing in 1981 after injuries hampered his last three seasons.
The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal
Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal
The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is awarded to the leading goalkicker in the Victorian Football League . The Medal was named in 1999 in honour of Jim Miller who was the VFL leading goalkicker on six occasions. Nick Sautner currently holds the record for most medals with nine, his most recent coming in...
, awarded to the leading goalkicking in the modern day VFL, is named in his honour. He is a full-forward in Dandenong's official 'Team of the Century'.