Thursday, October 27, 2016

Harry Miller

Harry David "Moose" Miller



Born:
July 28, 1923
Brooklyn, NY

Died:
April 18, 2007
Latrobe, PA


Career
Seton Hall Prep - West Orange, NJ (High School)
1940-41 Adelphi Academy (High School)
1945-46 University of North Carolina (College)
1946-47 Toronto Huskies (BAA)
1947-48 Atlanta Crackers (PBLA)
1947-48 Youngstown Cubs (AABL)
1947-48 Saratoga Indians (NYSL)
1949-50 Sharon Pioneers (AABL)
Derry Area High School - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
1973-74 Westmoreland Community College - Pennsylvania (High School) Head coach
Saint Vincent College - Pennsylvania (College) Head coach

Born in Brooklyn to Benjamin and Estella Miller, Miller went to Seton Hall Prep in New Jersey before going to college. After serving his country in the USMC during World War 2, he signed with the Toronto Huskies and played in the first BAA game. He played a few more seasons of minor league basketball after that. He later coached the game at the high school and college levels, and was also the longtime physical education dierector at the Clelian Heights School for Exceptional Children in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.


Harry died of kidney failure in 2007.



Harry had 4 kids with his first wife, Gay. He remarried in 1961 to Cecilia (1932-2008) and they had two boys and a son. He and his third wife, Helen Lechman (1937-2007), had one son.

Source:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 17, 1941
Daily Tar Heel, July 14, 1945
Obituary, Greensburg Tribune Review, April 20, 2007

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/milleha01.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=milleha01

2 comments:

  1. Harry did not play ball at Seton. He had 4 kids with his 1st wife (Gay), 2 boys and 2 girls, one son with his 2nd wife (Ceil), and one son with his 3rd wife, Helen.

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