Rangers in crisis: How Bill Miller rose from factory floor to be tycoon on brink of taking over Ibrox
Daily Record Friday 4th May, 2012
bill miller Image 1 HE’S the factory worker’s son who rides a Harley Davidson, employs 2000 people, never wears a suit and has no known interest in football – or soccer as he would call it in his US drawl. Meet the Vietnam veteran and espionage expert destined to be new owner of crisis-hit Rangers – semi-retired trucking mogul William "Call Me Bill" Miller. A millionaire several times over, he’s one of the wea...
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