Leo Miller | |
Birth Date: | 1895 |
Birth Place: | Cherokee, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Date: | 1961 |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1911–1913 |
Player Team2: | Carlisle |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1932–1933 |
Coach Team2: | CCNY (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1943 |
Coach Team3: | CCNY |
Coach Sport4: | Lacrosse |
Coach Years5: | 1932–1960 |
Coach Team5: | CCNY |
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]