Miller Pontius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miller Pontius

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1891

Place of Birth: Circleville, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 05-Nov-1960

Profession: investment banker, baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Miller Hall Pontius (April 17, 1891 – November 5, 1960) was an American football player and investment banker.
A native of Circleville, Ohio, Pontius played college football as a tackle and end for coach Fielding H.
Yost's Michigan Wolverines from 1911 to 1913.
He was selected as a consensus first-team tackle on the 1913 College Football All-America Team.
He also played baseball at Michigan under head coach Branch Rickey.
Pontius later served as an assistant football coach the University of Tennessee from 1914 to 1915 and at Michigan in 1916.
He served in the United States Army during World War I.
In later years, he was an investment banker with F.
Eberstadt and Co.
from 1938 until his death in 1960.