Blood Miller

Blood Miller
No. 5
PositionEnd
Personal information
Weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
CollegeSewanee (1922)
Awards and highlights

Virgil George "Blood" Miller was an American college football player and track and field athlete for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South.[1] He later went to Tampa.[2] Miller was selected All-Southern in 1922 by Marvin McCarthy, sporting editor of the Birmingham Age-Herald,[3] a year in which he drew praise for his work against Oglethorpe.[4] He won the Porter Cup as Sewanee's best all-around athlete.[5]

References

  1. ^ J. H. Street (November 28, 1928). "Nashville To Witness South's Oldest Classic". The Bee. p. 8. Retrieved August 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega 1925, Volume 45, Page 336 | Document Viewer". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "Teams Selected By Various Scribes". Atlanta Constitution. December 3, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sewanee Downs The Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe, 19-0". The Sewanee Purple. Vol. 40, no. 4. October 19, 1922. pp. 1, 3.
  5. ^ "College of arts and sciences catalog and announcements, 1922-1926". University of the South. 1922.


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