Biographical details | |
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Born | 1895 Cherokee, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | 1961 |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1911–1913 | Carlisle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1932–1933 | CCNY (assistant) |
1943 | CCNY |
Lacrosse | |
1932–1960 | CCNY |
Leon A. "Chief" Miller (1895–1961) was an American football and lacrosse coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at the City College of New York (CCNY) in 1943.[2] He also served as the CCNY's head men's lacrosse coach from 1932 to 1960.[3] As a college football player during the early 1910s, Miller was a teammate of Jim Thorpe at the Carlisle Indian School.[4]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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CCNY Beavers (Independent) (1943–1944) | |||||||||
1943 | CCNY | 1–3–1 | |||||||
1944 | CCNY | 0–7 | |||||||
CCNY: | 1–10–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 1–10–1 |