Bill Miller (athlete)

This article is about the javelin thrower. For the pole vaulter, see Bill Miller (pole vault).

Bill Miller

Bill Miller and his wife Linda – 1959

Personal information

Full name

William Preston Miller

Born

February 22, 1930
Lawnside, New Jersey, U.S.

Died

October 27, 2016 (aged 86)

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing United States
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	Javelin throw

William Preston "Bill" Miller (February 22, 1930 – October 27, 2016) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. He competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the javelin throw where he won the silver medal. Miller was born in Lawnside, New Jersey.

References

"Bill Miller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Bill Miller's obituary

US National Championship winners in men's javelin throw

1909–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1909: Ralph Rose 1910: Bruno Brodd 1911: Ollie Snedigar 1912: Harry Lott 1913: Bruno Brodd 1914–19: George Bronder 1920–21: Milton Angier 1922: Flint Hanner 1923: Harry Hoffman 1924: John Leyden 1925: Zeke Bonura 1926: John Kuck 1927: Charles Harlow 1928: Creth Hines 1929: Jess Mortensen 1930–31: James DeMers 1932: Malcolm Metcalf^Note 1933: Lee Bartlett 1934: Ralston LeGore 1935: Horace Odell 1936: John Mottram 1937: William Reitz 1938: Nick Vukmanic 1939–42: Boyd Brown 1943–44: Martin Biles 1945: Earl Marshall 1946: Garland Adair 1947–48: Steve Seymour 1949: Bud Held 1950: Steve Seymour 1951: Bud Held 1952: Bill Miller 1953–55: Bud Held 1956: Cy Young 1957: Bob Voiles 1958: Bud Held 1959–60: Al Cantello 1961: John Fromm 1962: Dan Studney 1963: Larry Stuart 1964: Frank Covelli 1965: Bill Floerke 1966: John Tushaus 1967: Delmon McNabb 1968: Frank Covelli 1969: Mark Murro 1970–71: Bill Skinner 1972: Fred Luke 1973: Cary Feldmann 1974: Sam Colson 1975: Richard George 1976: Fred Luke 1977: Bruce Kennedy 1978: Bill Schmidt 1979: Duncan Atwood

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Duncan Atwood 1981: Bruce Kennedy 1982: Bob Roggy 1983: Rod Ewaliko 1984: Curt Ransford 1985–86: Tom Petranoff 1987: Duncan Atwood 1988: Dave Stephens 1989: Mike Barnett 1990: Vince Labosky 1991: Mike Barnett 1992: Tom Pukstys

1993–onwards USA Track & Field	1993: Tom Pukstys 1994: Todd Riech 1995: Tom Pukstys 1996: Todd Riech 1997–99: Tom Pukstys 2000–07: Breaux Greer 2008: Bobby Smith 2009: Chris Hill 2010: Sean Furey 2011: Mike Hazle 2012: Sam Humphreys 2013: Riley Dolezal 2014–15: Sean Furey 2016: Cyrus Hostetler

Olympic Trials	The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

Notes	Ken Churchill had the longest throw in the 1932 competition (which doubled as the Olympic Trials), ahead of Malcolm Metcalf. However, Churchill qualified for the final only due to a late rule change by the U.S. Olympic Committee, allowing eight rather than five finalists. As this rule change applied only to the Olympic Trials, Churchill is considered to have won at the Trials and Metcalf at the national championships, even though they were the same meet.

1952 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Men's track & road athletes	Bill Ashenfelter Horace Ashenfelter Thane Baker Art Barnard John Barnes Roland Blackman Art Bragg Charlie Capozzoli Gene Cole Ted Corbitt Jack Davis John Deni Harrison Dillard Warren Druetzler Victor Dyrgall James Gathers Tom Jones Price King Henry Laskau Ollie Matson Bob McMillen Javier Montez Charles Moore Reggie Pearman Lindy Remigino Browning Ross Wes Santee Leo Sjogren Dean Smith Andy Stanfield Curt Stone Adolf Weinacker Mal Whitfield Fred Wilt Lee Yoder

Men's field athletes	Walt Ashbaugh Bob Backus Arnie Betton Jerome Biffle George Brown Milt Campbell Walt Davis Jim Dillion Marty Engel Sam Felton Jim Fuchs Jim Gerhardt Fortune Gordien Meredith Gourdine Bud Held Darrow Hooper Sim Iness Don Laz Bob Mathias George Mattos Bill Miller Parry O'Brien Bob Richards George Shaw Floyd Simmons Ken Wiesner Cy Young

Women's track athletes	Constance Darnowski Dolores Dwyer Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones (r) Janet Moreau

Women's field athletes	Janet Dicks Mabel Landry Marjorie Larney

Coaches	Brutus Hamilton (men's head coach) Clyde Littlefield (men's assistant coach) Larry Snyder (men's assistant coach) Charles Werner (men's assistant coach) Lucile Wilson (women's manager-coach)

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