Bob Miller (American football)
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Miller on a 1952 Bowman football card | |
| Date of birth: | December 11, 1929 |
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| Place of birth: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Date of death: | August 7, 2006 (aged 76) |
| Place of death: | Clarkston, Michigan |
Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive tackle |
| College: | Virginia |
| NFL Draft: | 1952 / Round: 5/ Pick 58 |
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| 1952-1958 | Detroit Lions |
Career stats | |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Robert Marguesse Miller (December 11, 1929 - August 7, 2006) was an American football offensive/defensive tackle with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1952 to 1958.
Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, he attended the University of Virginia, which finished 8-1 and ranked 13th in the Associated Press poll in his final year in 1951.
After being selected by Detroit in the 1952 NFL Draft, he was on the teams which won NFL championships in 1952, 1953 and 1957, and also the team which lost the title game in 1954. He was selected an all-conference defensive tackle in 1956 by The Sporting News. After retiring from football, he was the president and owner of Cavalier Manufacturing. In the 1970s he became a licensed horse trainer, breeder and owner of thoroughbred racing stable Del-Rob Farm along with his wife Delphine (the Del in Del-Rob).
He died of cancer at age 76 in Clarkston, Michigan.[1]
He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
References
- ↑ "Former Lions player Bob Miller dies at 76". Associated Press. August 8, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
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External links
- "Bob Miller". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 12, 2010.