Michael Millett
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Paul Millett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 September 1995 (aged 17) | ||
| Place of death | Garswood, England | ||
| Positions | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | England schools | 7 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | England U16 | 9 | (0) |
| 1995 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Millett (22 September 1977 – 21 September 1995) was an English footballer who played for Wigan Athletic. Millett was regarded as a talented youngster who could play in defence or midfield, and had represented England at youth level.
Biography
[edit]Born in Wigan, Millett attended Byrchall High School in Ashton-in-Makerfield. He played schoolboy football for North Ashton before signing for Wigan Athletic at the age of 14.[2]
Millett was an England schoolboy international,[3] and played at the 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.[4] He made one appearance for the England under-18 team in February 1995.[5]
He made his first-team debut for Wigan towards the end of the 1994–95 season. He played three league games and one League Cup match for the Latics.
On 21 September 1995, Millett was killed in a car crash, one day before his 18th birthday.[6] The crash happened near Garswood, Merseyside.[7]
Wigan Athletic's Academy Player of the Year Award is named in his honour.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Michael Millett". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024.
- ↑ "Ace snapped up". Wigan Observer. 3 October 1991. p. 44 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "England Matches - Schoolboys (Under-15) 1990-98". England Football Online. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "England Matches - Under-16's 1990-2000". England Football Online. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "England Matches - Youth/Under-18's 1990-2000". England Football Online. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "Football Anderlecht, the Belgian champions, have protested to the governing body of European football". The Independent. 22 September 1995. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ↑ Day of remembrance for Latics fans Archived 20 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, wiganer.net, 21 September 2005
- ↑ "2021/22 Michael Millett Academy Player of the Year". Wigan Athletic. 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- 1977 births
- 1995 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Footballers from Wigan
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- English Football League players
- England men's schools international footballers
- England men's youth international footballers
- Road incident deaths in England
- English children
- 20th-century English sportsmen