Don Miller (American football)


Don "Midnight" Miller 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.

Playing career

Miller's three brothers attended Notre Dame before him. 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."
In 2002, the NCAA published "NCAA Football's Finest," researched and compiled by the NCAA Statistics Service. For Miller they published the following statistics:
YearCarriesRushing
Yards		AverageReceptionsReceiving
Yards		AverageTouchdownsPoints
1922874725.4614424.0530
1923896987.8914916.61060
19241077637.11629718.6742
Total28319336.83159019.022132

Coaching career

After his playing career, Miller coached at several colleges, including Georgia Tech. 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. In 1925, he played professional football for the then-independent Hartford Blues.
On February 5, 1957, Miller appeared on To Tell the Truth.