Bill Miller (basketball)

Bill Miller
Personal information
Born November 24, 1924
Berea, Kentucky
Died July 9, 1991(1991-07-09) (aged 66)
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Kentucky)
College
BAA draft 1948 / Undrafted
Number 6, 13, 21
Career history
As player:
1948 Chicago Stags
1948–1949 St. Louis Bombers
As coach:
1955–1956 Roanoke Rapids HS
1956–1959 Campbellsville JC
1959–1979 Elon
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

William Ralph "Bill" Miller (November 24, 1924 July 9, 1991)[1] was an American professional basketball player.[2] He played in the National Basketball Association for the Chicago Stags and St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 season.[2] Prior to playing in the NBA, Miller played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky Teachers College and then at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.[3]

After the NBA, Miller became a college coach for Campbellsville Junior College and Elon University.[4] Between 1968 and 1974, Miller led Elon to six straight 20-win seasons.[5] In the Winter of 1973, Miller was selected to coach the NAIA All-Stars - which went on to defeat the NCAA All-Stars 107-78 in High Point, N.C. Miller ended his career with 329 wins at Elon, still the most in program history.[6]

References

  1. "Bill Miller". Peach Basket Society. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Bill Miller NBA stats". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. https://archive.org/stream/uncbasketballblu19471948/uncbasketballblu19471948_djvu.txt
  4. "Bill Miller Is Named As Elon Cage Coach". The Daily Times-News. April 23, 1959. p. 13. Retrieved October 11, 2014 via Newspapers.com.
  5. http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2014/2/26/MBB_0226144843.aspx
  6. http://www.elonphoenix.com/sports/2010/8/2/GEN_0802103828.aspx?&tab=4


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