| Allie Miller | |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Abington, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1907–1909 |
| Player Team1: | Penn |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Years1: | 1912 |
| Coach Team1: | Penn (freshmen) |
| Coach Years2: | 1913 |
| Coach Team2: | Haverford (PA) |
| Coach Years3: | 1914–1916 |
| Coach Team3: | Tome (MD) |
| Coach Years4: | 1918 |
| Coach Team4: | Tome (MD) |
| Coach Years5: | 1919 |
| Coach Team5: | Penn (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1920 |
| Coach Team6: | Washington & Jefferson (backfield) |
| Coach Years7: | 1921–1922 |
| Coach Team7: | Villanova |
| Coach Years8: | 1924–1925 |
| Coach Team8: | Washington & Jefferson (backfield) |
| Overall Record: | 11–4–3 |
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Albert Crist "Allie" Miller (June 23, 1886 – October 22, 1959) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Villanova College—now known as Villanova University—from 1921 to 1922, compiling a record of 11–4–3. Miller played college football at the University of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1909.
Miller was a reserve quarterback for Penn in 1907. In 1908, he filled in for starter Charles Keinath during the Carnegie Tech and Michigan games.[1] [2] Keinath left the game early in the season finale against Cornell and Miller scored a 47-yard touchdown to help lead Penn to a 17 to 4 victory.[3] Miller was captain of the 1909 Penn Quakers football team.[4] His younger brother, Heinie Miller, also played at Penn and later became a college football coach.[5]
In 1912, Miller was coach of Penn's freshmen football team.[6] The following year he coached the at the Haverford Grammar School.[7] From 1914 to 1916, he was the head coach at the Tome School.[8] [9] Forrest Craver took over as Tome's coach in 1917, but Miller returned the following year.[10] [11] He returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 1919 and was the backfield coach at Washington & Jefferson College in 1920.[12] [13]
Miller became the Villanova Wildcats football coach in 1921.[14] That year, he led the team to its best season in many years, losing only one game. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide credited Miller with developing "quite a good team from the mediocre material at his command".[15] The following season, Villanova complied a 5–3–1 record.[16]
In 1924 and 1925, Miller was the backfield coach at Washington & Jefferson.[17] [18]
After football, Miller worked as an insurance broker for J. B. Carnett in Philadelphia.[19] He died on October 22, 1959, at Abington Hospital in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[20] He was survived by his two sons and one daughter. He was preceded by his wife, Maude Skeene Clarke Miller, who died in 1954.[21]