Robert Henry Miller | |
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In office May 1979 –January 1985 | |
Preceded by | Sam Loxton |
Succeeded by | Don Hayward |
Constituency | Prahran |
Personal details | |
Born | Horsham,Victoria | 12 March 1941
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Labor |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne,University of California,Yale University |
Profession | Barrister,Lecturer |
Robert 'Bob' Henry Miller (born 12 March 1941) is a former Labor Party politician. He was also an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s.
Miller,who was used mostly as a ruck-rover or defender,was recruited to the Melbourne Football Club from Horsham. He made his debut in 1961,for a Norm Smith coached team which had appeared in the previous seven VFL Grand Finals. Although Miller contested finals in his first three seasons,including a Preliminary Final loss in 1963,he never got to play in a premiership decider. Melbourne did make the 1964 VFL Grand Final,which they won,but Miller was not selected. He retired at the end of the 1965 season,having played 69 senior games with Melbourne.
In 1966-67,Miller was an assistant professor of law at the University of Western Ontario,Canada,and between 1967 and 1970 he was a human rights officer at the United Nations in New York. [1] He became a barrister in 1971,signing the Victorian Bar Roll on 11 November 1971;he also lectured in law at Monash University between 1971 and 1979. [1]
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