| Leo Miller | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895 Cherokee, North Carolina |
| Died | 1961 |
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]
References[]
- ↑ "Leon Miller". US Lacrosse. https://www.uslacrosse.org/about-us-lacrosse/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-inductees?combine=&sort_by=field_year_value&sort_order=DESC&page=33.
- ↑ "Jack Kapchan-CCNY football". Brooklyn Newsstand. August 8, 1931. https://bklyn.newspapers.com/clip/4132035/jack_kapchan_ccny_football/.
- ↑ "LACROSSE; A Goalie Keeps Faith For an Iroquois Nation". New York Times. January 29, 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/29/sports/lacrosse-a-goalie-keeps-faith-for-an-iroquois-nation.html.
- ↑ King, C. Richard. "Native Americans in Sports". Routledge. https://books.google.com/books?id=mP4TBwAAQBAJ.
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