Touk Miller


Touk Miller is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Miller was born in Melbourne to an African-American father and an Australian mother. His father, Wylie, is a jazz musician and his mother, Ruth, is a veteran marathon runner and triathlete. Touk commenced high school in the selective sports academy at Maribyrnong College. He then accepted a scholarship to St Kevin's College where he excelled in football and cricket. Such was his talent, he was selected to represent the under 15 Victorian state cricket team at the national championships in March 2011 and made his first XI debut for the North Melbourne Cricket Club at the Junction Oval in December 2011 before electing to focus on football the following year.

Junior career

Miller played all of his junior years with the Maribyrnong Park Lions in the Essendon District Football League and made his senior debut for the club in 2011 at the age of 15. He played junior football for both St Kevin's College in the APS football competition and the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup. He also captained both the Cannons and the Vic Metro Under 18 team in the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

Miller made his debut for the Suns in round 1 of the 2015 season.
Miller was promoted to the Gold Coast vice-captaincy at the beginning of 2019. He played his 100th AFL game in Round 23 against Greater Western Sydney. Despite missing several matches through injury, Miller finished 6th in Gold Coast’s 2019 best and fairest count.