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:
Year Carries RushingYards Average ReceptionsReceivingYardsAverage TouchdownsPoints 1922 87 472 5.4 6 144 24.0530 1923 89 698 7.8 9149 16.61060 1924 107 763 7.1 16297 18.6742 Total 283 1933 6.8 31590 19.022132
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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