Syd Millar

Syd Millar
CBE
Syd Millar CBE
Chairman of the International Rugby Board
	In office; 2003–2007
Deputy	Silas Nkanunu; Bob Tuckey
Preceded by	Vernon Pugh
Succeeded by	Bernard Lapasset
Vice-chairman of the IRB
	In office; 16 September 2002 – 31 December 2003
Preceded by	Rob Fisher
Succeeded by	Silas Nkanunu
Birth name	Sydney Millar
Date of birth	23 May 1934
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Date of death	10 December 2023 (aged 89)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
School	Ballymena Academy
University	Belfast Nautical College
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1950–1972; 1957–65, 67–71; 1959–1971	Ballymena ; Ulster; Barbarians F.C.
International career
Years	Team
1958–1970; 1959–1968	Ireland; British and Irish Lions
Coaching career
Years	Team
1973–1975	Ireland
1974	British and Irish Lions

Sydney Millar CBE (23 May 1934 – 10 December 2023) was a Northern Irish rugby union prop who played for Ballymena RFC and Ulster and international rugby for Ireland and the British Lions. After retiring from playing rugby he became a rugby coach and a rugby administrator. He became chairman of the Irish Rugby Union in 1995 and from 2003 until 2007 was chairman of the International Rugby Board. Former Lions captain Willie John McBride stated that Millar had given "his whole life to the game".

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