Leo Miller (American football)

American football and lacrosse coach (1895–1961)

Leo MillerBiographical details

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]

## Head coaching record

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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 |

## References

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1. ^ "Leon Miller". US Lacrosse. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
2. ^ "Jack Kapchan-CCNY football". Brooklyn Newsstand. August 8, 1931. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
3. ^ "Lacrosse; A Goalie Keeps Faith For an Iroquois Nation". New York Times. January 29, 1993. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
4. ^ King, C. Richard (March 10, 2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. ISBN 9781317464020. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

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CCNY Beavers head football coaches

* Lionel McKenzie (1907)
* No varsity team (1908–1909)
* Lionel McKenzie (1910)
* No team (1911)
* Harold J. Parker (1924–1933)
* Benny Friedman (1934–1941)
* Doc Alexander (1942)
* Leo Miller (1943–1944)
* Louis Gebhard (1945–1946)
* Harold J. Parker (1947–1948)
* Frank Tubridy (1949)
* Irving Mondschein (1950)

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