Sam Millington

Simeon "Sam" Millington was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper during the mid-1920s and 1930s.^[1][2][3] Over a 6-year period, he had 245 appearances and recorded 78 clean sheets for Chelsea.^[4] He was known for wearing a wide-brimmed flat cap while playing in goal.^[1][2][5]

Simeon "Sam" Millington

Personal information
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1933	Chelsea	245	(0)
Total		245	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Millington joined Chelsea in January 1926 from non-league Wellington and was the club's first-choice goalkeeper for the next six seasons.^[2] In 1930, he helped them win promotion back to the First Division, keeping 14 clean sheets.^[2] He retired at the end of the 1932/33 season due to injury,^[2] making way for the up-and-coming Vic Woodley.^[1]

He also made a non-speaking cameo appearance in the 1930 film, The Great Game, one of the first films to be made about football.^[3] He appeared alongside ex-Chelsea star Jack Cock and teammates George Mills and Andy Wilson.^{[citation needed]}