Mack Miller
Andrew Markley "Mack" Miller (born October 15, 1931) is a former American cross-country skier and trainer and a potato farmer. He represented the United States twice at the Winter Olympics.
Career
Mack Miller studied at Western State College of Colorado. He represented the university in various cross-country skiing tournaments.[1]
Mack Miller was national champion cross country skiing of 1955[2] and represented the United States in the Winter Olympics of 1956 and 1960.[3][4]
In between, in 1958, he was the highest-ranked American cross-country skier in the Nordic Championship.[5] Along with Sven Johansson from Anchorage, Mack Miller was the most prominent American cross country skier of his era.[6] (Sven Johansson, however, could represent the United States only in the 1960 Olympics because of his naturalization process.)
Highlights
- 1956 –– Competes in Olympic Men's 4x10 km Cross-country Ski Relay, ranked 12th with personal time in the 2nd leg of 0:37:22 and total team time of 2:32:04. Relay teammates were Ted Farwell, Larry Damon and Marvin Crawford.[7]
Family
Mack Miller was born in Salt Lake City. He is the son of the late children's fiction author Helen Markley Miller. Mack and his sport formed the inspiration for Mrs. Miller's sixth novel, Ski fast, ski long (1960). He is also featured in the 2012 book Brundage Mountain – Best Snow in Idaho by Eve Chandler.[8]
Mack Miller and his wife Rita live in Idaho. They engaged in potato farming. They have a son, Ralph, and a daughter, Karla.[9]
References
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5215,7754892
- ^ http://www.discovermccall.com/mccall_news/2008/022108_wax.htm
- ^ "Search Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Finland Still Tops Nordic Ski Meet". The Spokesman-Review. 1958-03-08. p. 3. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ "Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
- ^ "VII Olympic Winter Games" (PDF). Official Olympic Reports (1956): 615. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ http://brundage.com/13677/thanks-for-sharing/
- ^ "(D) District 8 State Rep. A: Karla Miller". Idaho Press-Tribune. 19 October 2012.
- 1931 births
- Living people
- American cross-country skiers
- Male cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiing coaches
- Farmers from Idaho
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Salt Lake City
- Sportspeople from Idaho
- Western State Colorado University alumni