Bill Miller

William "Bill" M. Miller (June 5, 1927 – March 24, 1997), better known by the ring name Dr. Bill Miller, was a professional wrestler. He is a one-time AWA World Champion and also wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance, the World Wrestling Association in Indianapolis and the World Wide Wrestling Federation. He was a Nine-letterman at Ohio State University, in Football, Wrestling, and Track. He was an All-American Heavyweight wrestler, a two-time Big Ten heavyweight champion, and Conference MVP his Sr. year. He was an All-American shot-put and discus track star, also. He was voted into the Ohio State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997 for both Wrestling and Track.
==Career==
Miller began his professional wrestling career in Columbus, Ohio under the promoter, Al Haft. He became a Veterinarian while starting his wrestling career, hence, the "Dr." in his name. He wrestled as "Mr. M" in the Minneapolis-St.Paul area with Verne Gagne in the early 60's, later in the Detroit area with "The Sheik" (Eddie Farhat) through the 60's, and with Dick the Bruiser, in the Chicago area near the end of his career.
He was a #1 challenger to Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Championship in the mid-1960s.
His brother, Dan (Dandy Dan Miller), also wrestled and tagged with Bill many times. They held the WWWF United States Tag Team Championship, winning it from Gorilla Monsoon & Cowboy Bill Watts in Washington, DC; losing it to Johnny Valentine & Antonio Pugliese in Madison Square Garden.
After retiring from the ring, he returned to his first love of veterinarian medicine and opened a practice in Ohio.
==Death==
Miller died on March 24, 1997. He suffered a heart attack after a workout, on his way out of the Wyandotte Athletic gym, on Columbus's east side, not far from where Haft's Acres wrestling took place.
==In wrestling==
*Finishing and signature moves
**Backbreaker
**Bear hug
*Nicknames
**"Big"
**"Dr."
*Tag teams and stables
**Miller Brothers
==Championships and accomplishments==
*All-Star Wrestling (Omaha)
**Omaha World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*American Wrestling Association
**AWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**AWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**AWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Bob Geigel
*American Wrestling Association (Boston)
**AWA World Heavyweight Championship (Boston version) (1 time)
*International Wrestling Enterprises
**IWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*National Wrestling Alliance
**Big Time Wrestling
***NWA World Tag Team Championship (Detroit version) (1 time) with Dan Miller
**Central States
***NWA North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Bob Geigel
**Maple Leaf Wrestling
***NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ed Miller
**Midwest Wrestling Association
***American Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Johnny Valentine
***NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship (4 times)
**NWA Big Time Wrestling
***Stampede International Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ed Miller
***Stampede Wrestling Hall of Fame
**NWA San Francisco
***NWA Pacific Coast Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ed Miller
***NWA World Tag Team Championship (San Francisco version) (1 time) with Ed Miller
***San Joaquin Valley Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Ed Miller
**NWA Western States
***NWA Amarillo North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Dan Miller
*World Championship Wrestling
**IWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Killer Kowalski
*World Wrestling Association
**WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Dick The Bruiser
*World Wide Wrestling Federation
**WWWF United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Dan Miller
==External links==
* Profile
* Online World of Wrestling Profile
* Profile
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