Birth Date: | November 1, 1912 |
Birth Place: | Dodge City, Kansas, United States |
Death Date: | November 13, 2008 (aged 96) |
Death Place: | Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States |
Height: | 1.72m (05.64feet) |
Weight: | 700NaN0 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Club: | Stanford Cardina |
Pb: | 4.31 m (1932) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
William Waring Miller (November 1, 1912 – November 13, 2008) was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic trials he finished second (4.30 m) behind Bill Graber, who set a new world record at 4.37 m. Graber failed to clear 4.25 m at the Olympics, while Miller set his all-time personal best at 4.31 m and won, in a close competition with Shuhei Nishida.