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Don Miller
- March 29, 1902
- July 28, 1979
About Don Miller
Don Miller was a notable figure from United States. Born in 1902, Miller died in 1979.
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|Don "Midnight" Miller (March 29, 1902 – July 28, 1979) was an American football player and coach. He was one of the famous "Four Horsemen" of the University of Notre Dame's backfield in 1924, when the Fighting Irish won the 1924 National Title. Miller was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.
College career
Miller's four brothers attended Notre Dame before he did. The most famous of these being Harry "Red" Miller, captain of the 1908 squad. Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne called Miller "the greatest open field runner I ever had." Another brother, Ray T. Miller, later had a lengthy career in politics in the Cleveland area.
In 2002, the NCAA published "NCAA Football's Finest," researched and compiled by the NCAA Statistics Service. For Miller they published the following statistics:
Professional football career
In 1925, Miller played professional football for the National Football League's Providence Steamrollers and the then-independent Hartford Blues.
After his playing career, Miller coached at several colleges, including Georgia Tech and Ohio State. He became the head football coach of St. Xavier High School of Louisville, Kentucky in 1934.
Law career
Miller eventually quit coaching and practiced law, in which he was successful in the Cleveland area.
On February 5, 1957, Miller appeared on To Tell the Truth.
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