| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1943-03-15)15 March 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
| Date of death | 30 June 1990(1990-06-30) (aged 47) | ||
| Place of death | Latina, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1968 | Rotherham United | 213 | (27) |
| 1968–1972 | Aston Villa | 107 | (3) |
| 1972–1974 | Carlisle United | 52 | (1) |
| 1974–1976 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | (0) |
| 1976 | Portland Timbers | 6 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1976 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| 1977 | Portland Timbers | ||
| 1978–1980 | Zambia | ||
| 1980 | Miami Americans | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Brian Tiler (15 March 1943 – 30 June 1990) was an Englishfootballer who played as acentral defender.
Tiler began his career at his home town clubRotherham United where he made his debut in1962–63. He spent seven seasons at Millmoor, playing more than two hundred league games, before moving on toAston Villa in December 1968.
At Aston Villa, Tiler had the misfortune of being a member of the side that were relegated to theThird Division for the first and only time in the club's history in1969–70. However, he was also a member of the Villa side that won promotion two years later. In October 1972, he was transferred toCarlisle United, where he finished hisFootball League career.
In 1974, he was appointed player-manager of non leagueWigan Athletic, where he spent two years, and won theNorthern Premier League in1974–75.[1] He played eleven league games for Wigan before leaving the club in 1976. He would later return toSpringfield Park as the coach of theZambia national team, who Wigan played a friendly against in October 1978.[2]
He then moved to America to join thePortland Timbers, originally as a player before joining the coaching staff.[3]In 1980, he became assistant manager toRon Newman at theMiami Americans in the franchise's only year of existence. After nine games, Newman quit to take over as coach at theSan Diego Sockers, and Brian Tiler stepped up to become Head Coach until the team's demise at the end of the season.
Tiler later became managing director atAFC Bournemouth, where he helped engineer Bournemouth's first ever promotion to theSecond Division in1986–87 along with his friend, team managerHarry Redknapp.
In June 1990, Tiler was killed in a car accident in Italy, when a car collided head on with the minibus in which Tiler and Redknapp were travelling.[4][5]
Redknapp was also badly injured in the accident, but survived and went on to make a full recovery. The pair were in Italy watching that summer'sWorld Cup.