Professional In 1909, Millar began his professional career with
St Mirren of the
Scottish Football League. He left St Mirren in 1911 to move to the United States, joining
Disston A.A. during the 1912–1913 season. In 1913, he moved to the
Brooklyn Field Club of the
National Association Football League (NAFBL). In January 1914, Brooklyn played Disston in the quarterfinals of the 1914
American Cup. During the game, Millar was involved in a fight with a Disston fan on the sidelines which resulted in a brawl between fans and players from both teams. Later that year, Brooklyn won the inaugural
National Challenge Cup over Brooklyn Celtic, with Millar assisting on the winning goal. This victory made Brooklyn the first team to win what could become known as the
U.S. Open Cup. In September 1914, Millar moved to
Bethlehem Steel for the 1914–1915 Allied League of Philadelphia season. That season, he scored fifty-nine goals in thirty-three league and cup games, setting a U.S. record. The season culminated with Bethlehem winning the 1915 National Challenge Cup, 3–1 over Brooklyn Celtic. Millar scored Bethlehem's first goal. In early 1916, Millar signed with
Babcock & Wilcox of the NAFBL, but played on loan to both
Philadelphia Hibernian and Allentown. In February 1916, Millar signed with
New York Clan MacDonald for New York State Cup games,
Philadelphia Hibernian for league games and St. George F.C. of the New York State Association Football League. At some point, Millar may have played for a team in the
St. Louis Soccer League as a December 27, 1918 newspaper article mentions his return from playing there. In December 1918, Millar rejoined Bethlehem Steel, but left seven months later to sign with
Robins Dry Dock for the 1919–1920 season. However, he had significant disagreements with his teammates and left Robins some time in the spring of 1920 to join
J&P Coats of the
Southern New England Soccer League. He then moved to
Erie A.A. for the 1920–1921 season. In January 1921, he was suspended for two months after striking former Robins teammate
Neil Clarke during the halftime of Erie's
National Challenge Cup loss to Robins. Since Millar was unable to play for the remainder of the NAFBL season, Erie loaned him to
Tebo Yacht Basin F.C. In May, Millar met up with Robins when Tebo defeated Dry Dock in the New York State Cup. Ironically, Robins Dry Dock and Tebo Yacht Basin were both subsidiary companies of Todd Shipyards. Millar rejoined
J&P Coats for the first season, 1921–1922, of the recently established
American Soccer League. In 1922, Millar left Coats and signed with the
Fall River F.C., but the team released him in January 1923, after he played only six games. He joined
New York Field Club, for the remainder of the season, as well as the 1923–1924 season. However, he again did not complete the season with New York, but moved to the
New York Giants. In August 1925, Millar signed with
Indiana Flooring as a player and coach. In 1927,
Charles Stoneham purchased Flooring and renamed the team the
New York Nationals. Millar continue to coach and play for the Nationals until the onset of the 1928 Soccer Wars. In that internecine conflict, the
United States Football Association declared the
American Soccer League an "outlaw league". In October 1928, Millar resigned from the Nationals, informing the team management, ""I hereby advise you that I must refuse to continue as playing manager of the New York Nationals Football Club. I hereby tender my resignation, because to engage further in unsanctioned soccer football will materially endanger my status in organized soccer and will thereby affect my future livelihood as a professional soccer player. You have not lived up to the terms of my contract, which call for me to play and manage under the rules and regulations of the United States Football Association, and by forcing me to engage in outlaw soccer, you are breaking my means of gaining a living. I am compelled to seek a position in organized football." He then jumped to the
New York Giants who had been expelled from the ASL as part of the "Soccer War". The USFA then brokered the creation of the
Eastern Soccer League as a home for ASL teams which wanted to regain their status as "official" FIFA teams. He remained with the Giants until they returned to the ASL in 1929.
National team In 1925 Millar was called into the
U.S. national team for two games with
Canada. Canada won the first game, 1–0, on June 27, 1925. The U.S. won the return game, 6–1, on November 11, 1925. This game was tied 1–1 at halftime, but Millar assisted on the second U.S. game, scored by
Archie Stark soon after halftime. ==Coaching==