Elliot Millington

Elliot Millington

Personal information
Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Date of death	17 July 2023(2023-07-17) (aged 68–69)
Place of death	New York City, United States
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
1972–1973	Somerset
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1975	Somerset
1975–1993	Sion Hill
International career
1974	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20
1977–1988	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Managerial career
1975–1993	Sion Hill (player-manager)
1990–1992	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Elliot "Morie" Millington (1954 — 17 July 2023) was a Vincentian football manager and player who played as a midfielder.

Life

Millington was born in 1954 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He had five siblings. He was the brother of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines international Oswald Millington. He attended Sion Hill Government School in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. After that, he attended Emmanuel High School in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. He worked as a plumber.

After retiring from football, he moved with his family to the United States. He died on 17 July 2023 in New York City, United States.

Club career

He mainly operated as a midfielder and was known for his passing ability.

In 1972, he joined the youth team of Somerset, and he debuted for the senior team, in 1973. He joined the new Sion Hill team in 1975 when Somerset merged with other local clubs, and he helped to found the Sion Hill Football League during the 1980s. He retired in 1993 after eighteen years with Sion Hill.

International career

Millington was a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines youth international; he represented Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 at the 1974 Caribbean Youth Championship as the vice-captain.

He was the captain of the senior Saint Vincent and the Grenadines team, which he represented between 1977 and 1988, and he was part of the team which finished as runners-up at the 1979 CFU Championship.

Managerial career

He was the player-manager at Sion Hill for his entire playing career with the club, and in 1990, he was appointed manager of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team.