Everyone at the club was saddened to hear of the death this morning of Jimmy Miller. Jimmy, who played for the club in two separate spells in the late 1970's and early 1980's was a regular attendee at the 70's team reunions organised by Rab Thorburn. He can be seen in the middle of the attached photo from 2024, standing in front of Nobby Clark with his hands on Alex Love's shoulders. He also attended the 2025 reunion despite having had a leg amputated before then.

Born in Greenock on January 4th 1953, Jimmy would have been 73 next month. He joined Queen of the South in 1974 having left his first professional club, Aberdeen. In his first spell he made 86 appearances for Queens, scoring twice, before moving on to Motherwell. After just over a year with the Steelmen he joined his hometown team Greenock Morton for a couple of years, the Greenock side paying a £10,000 fee for him! He was a stalwart of a Morton side starring forward Andy Ritchie which challenged for honours. He then had a year at Clyde before returning to Palmerston in 1981 for another two seasons. He finished his senior career with a year at Albion Rovers. In total he made 151 appearances for Queens and scored 4 goals. 

Whilst with Queens in 1974 Jimmy was picked for a Scotland Select XI which played against Itlay in Pescari alongside his then teammate Crawford Boyd. 

Our thoughts are with his family and friends.