Bob Miller (American football)

Bob Miller

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Miller on a 1952 Bowman football card
Born:	(1929-12-11)December 11, 1929 Norwalk, Connecticut,U.S.
Died:	August 7, 2006(2006-08-07)(aged 76) Clarkston, Michigan,U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Defensive tackle
College	Virginia
NFL draft	1952,round: 5/ Pick 58
Career history
As player
1952–1958	Detroit Lions
Career highlights and awards
3×NFL champion(1952,1953,1957)

Robert Marguesse Miller(December 11, 1929 - August 7, 2006) was an Americanfootballoffensive/defensive tacklewith theDetroit Lionsof theNational Football League(NFL) from 1952 to 1958.

Born inNorwalk, Connecticut,he attended theUniversity of Virginia,which finished 8-1 and ranked 13th in theAssociated Presspoll in his final year in 1951.

After being selected by Detroit in the1952 NFL draft,he was on the teams which won NFL championships in1952,1953and1957,and also the team which lost the title game in1954.He was selected an all-conference defensive tackle in1956byThe 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). Delphine recently passed on August 4, 2018, at the age of 89 of natural causes.

He died ofcancerat age 76 inClarkston, Michigan.

He was inducted into theVirginia Sports Hall of Famein 2006.

External links

• "Bob Miller".Find a Grave.RetrievedAugust 12,2010.