Frederick C. Miller
b. January 26, 1906 (Milwaukee, WI)
d. December 17, 1954 (Milwaukee, WI)
A Milwaukee native, Miller was a lineman for Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame
Football team from 1926-1928 and earned All-America honors in 1927 and
again in 1928. He achieved the ultimate honor for a Notre Dame Football
player, being named captain in 1928. Miller graduated from Notre Dame
University in 1929 and worked in several family businesses before
joining the family brewery in 1936 as vice president; he became
president in 1947. Miller was instrumental in the building of two
Milwaukee sports facilities -- the Arena for basketball and County
Stadium for baseball -- and was an important figure in local business
and community affairs, helping to bring the Boston Braves to Milwaukee
in 1953. Miller was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in
1985.