Syd Millar

Syd Millar
Chairman of the International Rugby Board
In office
2003–2007
DeputySilas Nkanunu
Bob Tuckey
Preceded byVernon Pugh
Succeeded byBernard Lapasset
Vice-chairman of the IRB
In office
16 September 2002 – 31 December 2003
Preceded byRob Fisher
Succeeded bySilas Nkanunu
BornSydney Millar
(1934-05-23)23 May 1934
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Died10 December 2023(2023-12-10) (aged 89)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
SchoolBallymena Academy
UniversityBelfast Nautical College
Rugby union career
Position Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1950–1972 Ballymena
1957–65, 67–71 Ulster
1959–1971 Barbarians F.C.
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958–1970 Ireland 37 (0)
1959–1968 British and Irish Lions 9 (0)
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".