death_date coach_team birth_date death_place player_positions player_years cfbdwid admin_years image name cfbhof_year birth_place sport cfbhof_id admin_team coach_years overall_record article_title player_team
1 january 1991 navy navy -lrb- line -rrb- 1 june 1901 annapolis , maryland tackle 1922 -- 1924 1623 1948 -- 1974 edgar miller.jpg edgar miller 1966 canton , ohio football 20036 navy -lrb- assistant ad -rrb- 1931 -- 1933 1934 -- 1947 12 -- 15 -- 2 edgar miller
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edgar miller

edgar e. `` rip '' miller -lrb- june 1 , 1901 -- january 1 , 1991 -rrb- was an american football player , coach , and college athletics administrator .
miller played college football as a tackle at the university of notre dame from 1922 to 1924 .
he was a member of the `` seven mules '' line that blocked for the famous `` four horsemen '' backfield on knute rockne 's national championship team of 1924 .
miller served as the head football coach at the united states naval academy from 1931 to 1933 , compiling a record of 12 -- 15 -- 2 .
after stepping down as head coach , he remained at navy as line coach until 1947 and then was the assistant athletic director there from 1948 until his retirement in 1974 .
miller was elected to the college football hall of fame as a player in 1966 .
five of his notre dame teammates are also enshrined in the hall of fame : fellow `` mule '' , adam walsh , and each of the `` four horsemen '' , harry stuhldreher , don miller , jim crowley , and elmer layden .
