# Mack Miller

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{{Short description|American cross country skier (1931–2020)}}
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'''Andrew Markley "Mack" Miller''' (October 15, 1931 – February 16, 2020) was an American [cross-country skier](/source/cross-country_skiing_(sport)), trainer, and high school teacher. He represented the United States twice at the Winter Olympics. The son of a children's fiction writer (and of a newspaper editor who had died young), he was a topic of one of his mother's books and of a later book by Eve Chandler.

==Career==
Miller studied at [Western State College of Colorado](/source/Western_State_College_of_Colorado). He represented the university in various cross-country skiing tournaments.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x9ENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AHYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7220,6717144|title=St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref>

Miller was the national champion in cross-country skiing of 1955<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cKISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5215,7754892|title=Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> and represented the United States in the [Winter Olympics](/source/Winter_Olympics) of 1956 and 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discovermccall.com/mccall_news/2008/022108_wax.htm |title=McCall, Idaho News - for Masters World Cup competitors, waxing is art and science |accessdate=2009-12-11 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821103137/http://discovermccall.com/mccall_news/2008/022108_wax.htm |archivedate=2008-08-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/mack-miller-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090210/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/mack-miller-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Search Results|work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref>

In 1955, he was the highest-ranked American cross-country skier in the [Nordic Championship](/source/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships).<ref>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P34SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5759,3610709|title=Finland Still Tops Nordic Ski Meet|work=[The Spokesman-Review](/source/The_Spokesman-Review)|date=1958-03-08 | access-date = 2009-12-20|page = 3}}</ref> Along with Sven Johansson from Anchorage, Mack Miller was the most prominent American cross-country skier of his era. (Sven Johansson, however, could represent the United States only in the 1960 Olympics because of his naturalization process.<ref name=spokane>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rvYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3255,295620|title=Spokane Daily Chronicle - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref>)

===Highlights===
* [1956](/source/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics) –– Competed in Olympic [Men's 4x10 km Cross-country Ski Relay](/source/Cross-country_skiing_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_10_kilometre_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](/source/Larry_Damon) and Marvin Crawford.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Official Olympic Reports|volume=1956|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/orw1956.pdf|title=VII Olympic Winter Games|access-date=22 August 2015|page=615|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173259/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/orw1956.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Family and legacy ==
Miller was born in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City). He was the son of [children's fiction](/source/children's_fiction) author [Helen Markley Miller](/source/Helen_Markley_Miller). Mack and his sport formed the inspiration for Helen's sixth novel, ''Ski fast, ski long'' (1960). He wais also featured in the 2012 book ''Brundage Mountain – Best Snow in Idaho'' by Eve Chandler.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://brundage.com/13677/thanks-for-sharing/ |title=Thanks for Sharing! - Brundage Mountain |access-date=2015-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003170443/http://brundage.com/13677/thanks-for-sharing/ |archive-date=2015-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Miller and his wife Rita lived in [Idaho](/source/Idaho). They had a son, Ralph, and a daughter, Karla.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.idahopress.com/d-district-state-rep-a-karla-miller/article_71d9fa16-1a37-11e2-adcf-0019bb2963f4.html|title=(D) District 8 State Rep. A: Karla Miller|date=19 October 2012|work=Idaho Press-Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Karla_J._Miller|website=[Ballotpedia](/source/Ballotpedia)|title=Karla J. Miller}}</ref> Miller died on February 16, 2020, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bowmanfuneral.com/obituary/andrew-m-mack-miller/|title=Andrew M. (Mack) Miller – Bowman Funeral Directors}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gomountaineers.com/news/2020/4/8/ObitMillerTaylor2020.aspx|title=Remembering WCU Hall of Famers Mac Miller and Wolfgang Taylor}}</ref>

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Category:American male cross-country skiers
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:Cross-country skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Category:Cross-country skiing coaches
Category:Farmers from Idaho
Category:Olympic cross-country skiers for the United States
Category:Skiers from Salt Lake City
Category:Sportspeople from Idaho
Category:Western Colorado University alumni
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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