Heinie Miller | |
Birth Date: | January 1, 1893 |
Birth Place: | Williamsport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Longport, New Jersey, U.S. |
Position1: | Guard |
Position2: | End |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
College: | University of Pennsylvania |
Coaching Years1: | 1920–1922 |
Coaching Team1: | Saint Joseph's Prep (PA) |
Coaching Years2: | 1923 |
Coaching Team2: | Saint Joseph's |
Coaching Years3: | 1925–1932 |
Coaching Team3: | Temple |
Coaching Years4: | 1934–1939 |
Coaching Team4: | Saint Joseph's |
Coaching Years5: | 1942 |
Coaching Team5: | West Chester |
Playing Years1: | 1920 |
Playing Team1: | Union Club of Phoenixville |
Playing Years2: | 1920–1921 |
Playing Team2: | Buffalo All-Americans |
Playing Years3: | 1921 |
Playing Team3: | Union AA of Philadelphia |
Playing Years4: | 1922–1924 |
Playing Team4: | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
Playing Years5: | 1925 |
Playing Team5: | Milwaukee Badgers |
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Henry John "Heinie" Miller (January 1, 1893 – June 9, 1964) was an American football player and coach from 1920 to 1942. He played in The National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Milwaukee Badgers.
Miller played for the University of Pennsylvania football team and switched positions from tight end to fullback in 1915. Miller also played for the Union Club of Phoenixville, and its later incarnation, the Union Athletic Association of Philadelphia. He was also a player-coach for the Frankford Yellow Jackets, prior to their NFL membership in 1924.
Before playing professional football, Miller played college football for the University of Pennsylvania. While playing for the Penn Quakers football team, he was a consensus first-team All-American in both 1917 and 1919.[1]
Miller died at the age of seventy-one at his home in Longport, New Jersey.[2]