Leo Miller (American football)

Leo Miller

Biographical details
Born	1895 Cherokee, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	1961
Playing career
Football
1911–1913	Carlisle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932–1933	CCNY (assistant)
1943	CCNY
Lacrosse
1932–1960	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]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
CCNY Beavers (Independent) (1943–1944)
1943	CCNY	1–3–1
1944	CCNY	0–7
CCNY:		1–10–1
Total:		1–10–1

References

1. "Leon Miller". US Lacrosse. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
2. "Jack Kapchan-CCNY football". Brooklyn Newsstand. August 8, 1931. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
3. "Lacrosse; A Goalie Keeps Faith For an Iroquois Nation". New York Times. January 29, 1993. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
4. King, C. Richard (March 10, 2015). Native Americans in Sports. Routledge. ISBN 9781317464020. Retrieved December 30, 2018.