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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jonathan K. Miller
| image = Jonathan K Miller.png
| alt = 
| caption = 
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| birth_date = c. 1900
| birth_place = 
| death_date = August 22, 1971 (aged 71)
| death_place = [[Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania]]
| alma_mater = 
| player_years1 = 1920–1922
| player_team1 = [[Penn Quakers football|Penn]]
| player_positions = [[Quarterback]]
| coach_years1 = 1928–1930
| coach_team1 = [[Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football|Franklin & Marshall]]
| coach_years2 = 1931–1937
| coach_team2 = [[Penn Quakers football|Penn]] (backfield)
| overall_record = 15–11–1
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
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}}
'''Jonathan K. "Poss" Miller''' (c. 1900 – August 22, 1971) was an [[American football]] player and coach.  He played [[college football]] at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] as a [[quarterback]], captaining the [[1922 Penn Quakers football team]].  Miller served as the head football coach at [[Franklin & Marshall College]] from 1928 to 1930, compiling a record of 15–11–1.

==Playing career==
Miller played [[college football]] for the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], from 1920 to 1922 under coach [[John Heisman]].  Miller was the team captain in 1922.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q8HmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=Jonathan+K.+Miller+franklin+and+marshall&source=bl&ots=I0JwRyGDXq&sig=NHDk4DErZj4dVbTY0owwpZuU0i8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4BruUI7bHKno2QWW-IDoCg&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Jonathan%20K.%20Miller%20franklin%20and%20marshall&f=false|publisher=The Pennsylvania Gazette|volume=21|issue=1|accessdate=January 9, 2013|date=October 6, 1922|title=Record Throng at Opening of New Stadium}}</ref><ref name=Walsh>Intercollegiate Football A Complete Pictorial and Statistical Review from 1869 to 1934, edited by Christy Walsh, Doubleday, Doran and Company, NY, 1934, pages 68 ff and 103 ff</ref>

Miller also played the last five games of the 1923 football season for the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] where his brother [[Heinie Miller|Heinie]] was a member of the squad.<ref name=Barnes>Frankford Yellow Jackets, A Documentary Scrapbook by Howard Lee Barnes, Frankford Historical Society, Philadelphia PA, 1985, p. 36</ref>

==Coaching career==
Miller became the head football coach at [[Franklin & Marshall College]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]].  He held that position there for three seasons, from 1928 until 1930.  His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 15–11–1.<ref>{{Cite web
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 |first=David 
 |title=Franklin & Marshall Coaching Records 
 |publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]] 
 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php 
 |accessdate=April 9, 2011 
 |deadurl=yes 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121025504/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/centennial/franklin_marshall/coaching_records.php 
 |archivedate=November 21, 2010 
 |df= 
}}</ref>

==Death==
Miller died at the age of 71, on August 22, 1971, at [[Delaware County Memorial Hospital]] in [[Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Miller, Ex-Penn Star, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26528862/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |location=[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |date=August 24, 1971 |page=29 |access-date=December 26, 2018 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name         = [[Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football|Franklin & Marshall Diplomats]]
 | conf         = Independent
 | startyear    = 1928
 | endyear      = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1928 college football season|1928]]
 | name         = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall      = 4–5
 | conference   = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1929 college football season|1929]]
 | name         = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[1930 college football season|1930]]
 | name         = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall      = 5–3–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name         = Franklin & Marshall
 | overall      = 15–11–1
 | confrecord   = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall      = 15–11–1
 | bowls        = no
 | poll         = no
 | polltype     = 
 | legend       = no
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football coaches]]
[[Category:Penn Quakers football coaches]]
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[[Category:People from Lebanon, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pennsylvania]]
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