Sir Frederick Albert (Bert) Millichip (August 5, 1914 - December 18, 2002) was an English association footballer best known for his sometimes controversial contributions to the administration of the game. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ...

Raised in the West Midlands and educated at Solihull School, Millichip played for the third team of West Bromwich Albion F.C. in the years before World War II. During the war, he served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, rising from an enlisted man to the rank of captain. Millichip was to some extent following in his father's footsteps - Albert Snr helped to found Bulgarian powerhouse Spartak Varna in the mid 1920s. The West Midlands is a geographical term describing the western half of central England, known as the Midlands. ... Solihull School is an independent, fee-paying day school in Solihull, West Midlands, England. ... West Bromwich Albion Football Club is an English football club formed by workers from Salters Spring Works in West Bromwich, West Midlands in 1878. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... North Africa is a region generally considered to include: Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara The Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Azores and Madeira are sometimes considered to be a part of North Africa, though they do not share a common culture with North Africa. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Comparative military ranks - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Spartak Varna is a terrific and historic Bulgarian team, founded 84 years ago. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. ...

On demobilisation in 1945, he returned to his solicitor's practice and became a director of West Bromwich Albion. He took on the role of chairman in 1974 when the club was failing to make progress in the Second Division under manager Don Howe. Under Millichip's chairmanship, the club re-established itself in the First Division and recruited talented and energetic manager Ron Atkinson, building a team that was among the most exciting in English football circa 1980. It was during this time that West Bromwich Albion were the first club to field simultaneously three black players, challenging the established racism of the English game. The young talented three, Brendon Batson, Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis, made a huge impression and became known as the Three Degrees, in comparison to the vocal trio of the same name, marking a watershed that allowed the emergence of a generation of footballers whose ethnic background would previously have excluded them. 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the United Kingdom and countries having a similar legal system the legal profession is divided into two kinds of lawyers: the solicitors who contact and advise clients, and barristers who argue cases in court. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Between the 1992-93 and 2004-05 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Don Howe (born October 12, 1935 in Wolverhampton) is an English football player, turned highly-respected coach and manager. ... From the 1992-1993 to the 2003-2004 season, the Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League and the second-highest division in the overall English football league system. ... Ronald Frederick Big Ron Atkinson, born 18 March 1939 in Liverpool, England is a British former football player and manager. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... An African-American drinks out of a water cooler designated for use by colored patrons in 1939 at a streetcar terminal in Oklahoma City. ... Brendan M. Batson, MBE (born February 1, 1953) was an English association footballer. ... Laurie Cunningham (March 8, 1956 - July 15, 1989) was an England international association footballer, the first black player to represent England in a competitive football match. ... Cyrille Regis (born February 9, 1958) was an English association footballer. ...

In 1981, Millichip was elected chairman of The Football Association at the start of a period during which the English game was to be rocked by a succession of crises including the Heysel Stadium disaster, the Hillsborough disaster, growing problems of hooliganism, the national team's repeated international failure and the founding of the Premier League. His leadership on these issues was weak and his views, such as the virtues of corporal punishment, out of step with the times. In particular, his vacillation over the appointment of Terry Venables as manager of the national team, when the latter was under investigation and criticism for his business dealings, led journalist Brian Glanville to dub him Bert the intert. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England (and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man). ... The Heysel Stadium disaster was an event that took place at the 1985 football European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. ... The Hillsborough disaster was a deadly human stampede that occurred on April 15, 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, resulting in the loss of 96 lives. ... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended as correction or punishment, (corporal means of, relating to, or affecting the body). ... Terence Frederick Venables, more commonly known as Terry Venables (born January 6, 1943) is an English football manager, who managed the England national football team. ...

He retired from the FA in 1996 but maintained an active interest. In 1950, he had married Joan Brown by whom he fathered a son and a daughter. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

External links

• Obituary from The Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,862449,00.html)