Daniel McMillan (handballer)

Daniel " Dan " McMillan ( born August 12, 1982 in Edinburgh, Scotland ) is a British Handball players and American football player.

McMillan originally played American football in his homeland. After the wide receiver in 2005 his master made ​​in sports science, he hired the same year in the second division Lübeck Cougars. After just two games, Dan suffered a serious shoulder injury. Only in 2007, he returned to the squad the Cougars.

In July 2007, the British Handball Association wrote because players lack of a casting for the British national handball team, which qualified automatically as host for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Since American football is not an Olympic sport, but he wanted to participate in the domestic games, Daniel McMillan applied. End of the year he was accepted as one of the 4800 candidates in the cadre of national handball team. From late 2007 to early 2009, he was trained with his new team-mates in a Danish Handball Academy in Aarhus ..

In early 2009 the British Association cooperated with the insolvent Bundesliga TUSEM Essen, had left during the season many players. From 2 February 2009 to 30 June 2009, McMillan was in the squad of the German Bundesliga, where the outside left of the player -budgetary Ben Schütte relieved. During this period, McMillan played 14 Bundesliga games in which he scored one goal. In the season 2011/12 he was a member of the Executive of the Danish Association Odder Håndbold.

In summer 2012, McMillan was part of the British squad that took part in the Olympic Games.