Don "Midnight" Miller (March 29, 1902 – July 28, 1979) was an

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player and coach. He was one of the famous "

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" of the

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's backfield in 1924, when the Fighting Irish won the 1924 National Title. Miller was inducted into the

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as a player in 1970.

Playing career

Miller's three brothers attended Notre Dame before him. The most famous of these being Harry "Red" Miller, captain of the 1908 squad. Notre Dame head coach

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called Miller "the greatest open field runner I ever had." In 2002, the NCAA published "NCAA Football's Finest," researched and compiled by the NCAA Statistics Service. For Miller they published the following statistics:

Coaching career

After his playing career, Miller coached at several colleges, including

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and

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. He became the head football coach of St. Xavier High School of

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in 1934.

Law career

Miller eventually quit coaching and practiced law, in which he was successful in the Cleveland area. In 1925, he played professional football for the then-independent Hartford Blues. On February 5, 1957, Miller appeared on '' To Tell the Truth''.

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