Wayne Millner

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Wayne Millner
Positions:
End , DE 		Jersey numbers:
38, 40
born January 31, 1913 in Roxbury , Massachusetts
died on November 19, 1976 in Arlington , Virginia
Career information
Active : 1936 - 1945
NFL Draft : 1936 / Round: 8 / Pick: 65
College : Notre Dame
Teams
Career statistics
Games     76
as a starter     52
TD by pass     12
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Wayne "Double L" Millner (* 31 January 1913 in Roxbury , Massachusetts ; † 19th November 1976 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American Football player and trainer in the National Football League (NFL).

Player career

college

Wayne Millner played American football in high school and was elected to the all-state national team . From 1933 to 1935 he studied at the University of Notre Dame and played there with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football . Coach for the Fighting Irish in 1933 was Hunk Anderson , who was replaced by Elmer Layden in 1934 . Millner played, as was usual at the time, in different positions, but was usually used in the position of an end . In 1935 Millner played with his team against the also unbeaten team from Ohio State University that year . The game is still considered to be the best college football game of the first half of the 20th century. The Fighting Irish were already 13-0 back when the South Bend team turned the game around. She scored three touchdowns . Millner scored the second touchdown for his team two minutes before the end of the game; 32 seconds before the end of the game he was able to achieve the decisive 18:13 with a pass catch.

Professional football player

In 1936, Millner was drafted 65th by the Boston Redskins in the eighth round . Millner was not considered the best end of his time, Don Hutson was seen as the better pass-catcher. However, Millner's ability to use his body to free his teammates like the Halfback Cliff Battles stood against this . In addition, Millner was also used in defense and was also able to convince there.

His team was able to move into the NFL championship game in 1936 , but had to admit defeat to the Green Bay Packers 21: 6. In 1937 the team moved to Washington, DC and was able to move into the final again. The championship title could finally be won with a 28:21 win against the Chicago Bears . Millner was able to catch two touchdown passes from quarterback Sammy Baugh in this game and thus contributed significantly to the victory of his team. Also in the 1940 season they could move into the final again, but had to admit defeat to the Bears with a clear 73-0 defeat. In 1942, Wayne Millner's fourth appearance in a final took place. However, the Redskins were defeated again. The Bears won this time with 14: 6. After Millner had done his military service in the US Navy in 1943 and 1944 , he ran again for a year for the Redskins in 1945. After his fourth loss in a final against the Cleveland Browns with 15:14, he ended his playing career.

Football coach

In 1945, Millner initially also worked as an assistant coach for his team and retained this position until 1948. He then moved to the Philadelphia Eagles as an assistant coach and took over the post of head coach there in 1951 , which he had to give up again in 1952 for health reasons. He returned to the Redskins as an assistant coach until 1957 and then held that position until 1963 at Hardin-Simmons University . After a heart attack , he retired from the coaching business and worked as a scout for the Baltimore Colts , the Eagles and the Redskins. In 1973 he was assistant coach for a year in a team in the World Football League, which only existed for two years . He died of a heart attack in 1976 and was buried in the National Memorial Park in Falls Church .

Honors

Millner was voted All-Pro twice . He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame , the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the NFL 1930s All-Decade Team .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1936
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1937
  3. ↑ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1940
  4. ↑ Endgame statistics 1940
  5. ↑ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1942
  6. ↑ Endgame statistics 1942
  7. ^ Annual statistics of the Redskins 1945
  8. ↑ Endgame statistics 1945
  9. ↑ Millner's grave
NFL 1930s All-Decade Team

Earl Clark  | Arnie Herber  | Cecil Isbell  | Cliff Battles  | John McNally  | Beattie Feathers  | Tuffy Leemans  | Ken Strong  | Clarke Hinkle  | Bronko Nagurski  | Bill Hewitt  | Don Hutson  | Wayne Millner  | Gaynell Tinsley  | George Christensen  | Frank Cope  | Turk Edwards  | Bill Lee  | Joe Stydahar  | Ox Emerson  | Dan Fortmann  | Charles Goldenberg  | Russ Letlow  | Mel Hein  | George Svendsen

Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame


George Allen (2002) | Champ Bailey (2019) | Cliff Battles (1968) | Sammy Baugh (1963) | Bill Dudley (1966) | Albert Glen "Turk" Edwards (1969) | Ray Flaherty (1976) | Joe Gibbs (1996) | Darrell Green (2008) | Russ Grimm (2010) | Chris Hanburger (2011) | Ken Houston (1986) | Sam Huff (1982) | Sonny Jurgensen (1983) | Deacon Jones (1980) | Stan Jones (1991) | Paul Krause (1998) | Vince Lombardi (1971) | George Preston Marshall (1963) | Wayne Millner (1968) | Bobby Mitchell (1983) | Art Monk (2008) | John Riggins (1992) | Dave Robinson (2013) | Deion Sanders (2011) | Bruce Smith (2009) | Dick Stanfel (2016) | Charley Taylor (1984) | Jason Taylor (2017)

personal data
SURNAME Millner, Wayne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Millner, Double L (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Roxbury , Massachusetts , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1976
Place of death Arlington , Virginia , United States