Heinie Miller Explained

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
Career Highlights:

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.

Biography

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]

Death

Miller died at the age of seventy-one at his home in Longport, New Jersey.[2]

Head coaching record

College

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 5. October 6, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf. dead.
  2. via Associated Press. "Heinie Miller, All-America End in 1919, Dies", Park City Daily News, June 10, 1964. Accessed May 30, 2013. "Longport, NJ (AP) - Henry (Heinie) Miller, All-America football end in 1919 at the University of Pennsylvania died unexpectedly Tuesday at his home in this resort near Atlantic City."