![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-won-the-title-with-arsenal-in-1991-and-then-went-on-to-become-a-firefighter-and-save-lives/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/HB-SPORT-PREVIEW-HILLIER.jpg&description=Man On Fire I won the title with Arsenal in 1991… and then went on to become a firefighter and save lives DAVID HILLIER was climbing a ladder to success when he won a top-flight league winners medal with Arsenal in 1990-91, and made one appearance for the England Under-21s. A quarter of a century later the former midfielder was climbing different ladders – as one of our brave firefighters based at Avon Fire & Rescue in Bristol. 5 Arsenal hero David Hillier became a firefighter after quitting football Credit: Supplied A boyhood Arsenal fan, the aspiring midfielder was fulfilling his dreams by helping his beloved Gunners to glory in the early 90s. Sadly, his career was blighted by injury that forced him out of the club's FA and League Cup successes in 1993 and the Cup Winners' Cup victory over Parma the following year. He later joined Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers before ending his career at Barnet with just six appearances in 2003. Hillier told SunSport in 2019: 'I never set targets when I was playing. "I now look back at my 15 years in the game and I am very proud that I played for some great clubs at some of the world's great stadiums alongside some of the great players. 'What is so wonderful is I still enjoy media work with Arsenal and go back and have a wonderful rapport with the club and the supporters. The football 'family' is brilliant for that.' A NEW CHAPTER He revealed that it was his wife, Zoe, who suggested a new life in the fire brigade a couple of years after he quit playing in 2003. He said: 'We were out shopping one day and we passed a fire station and she said that it would be the perfect job for me. 'Ian Holloway – who I played alongside at Bristol Rovers - also has something to do with it. Olly's brother-in-law was a fireman and we had met and talked about the fire brigade. "Now he is one of the bosses in the service. 'Because of my football career I joined the brigade late and when I started it was a bit like students tutoring the teaching because){kind=link}
DAVID HILLIER was climbing a ladder to success when he won a top-flight league winner’s medal with Arsenal in 1990-91, and made one appearance for the England Under-21s.
A quarter of a century later the former midfielder was climbing different ladders – as one of our brave firefighters based at Avon Fire & Rescue in Bristol.
A boyhood Arsenal fan, the aspiring midfielder was fulfilling his dreams by helping his beloved Gunners to glory in the early 90s.
Sadly, his career was blighted by injury that forced him out of the club’s FA and League Cup successes in 1993 and the Cup Winners’ Cup victory over Parma the following year.
He later joined Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers before ending his career at Barnet with just six appearances in 2003.