- Charles Darley Miller
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For other people named Charles Miller, see Charles Miller (disambiguation).
Olympic medal record Men's Polo Gold 1908 London Team competition Charles Darley Miller (October 23, 1868 – December 22, 1951) was a British polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British polo team Roehampton, which won the gold medal.
Biography
Miller was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was an indigo planter in Bihar from 1890 to 1902. He started the Roehampton Club in 1903, managing it until 1939. He played polo for England against America in 1902,[2] and for Rugby (where he was a trainer) from 1902 to 1914. In World War I he served in the army.[1]
References
- ^ a b Miller, Charles Darley in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
- ^ http://www.westchestercup.org/archives.htm
External links
Categories:- 1868 births
- 1951 deaths
- English polo players
- Polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic polo players of Great Britain
- Olympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Roehampton Trophy
- International Polo Cup
- British Olympic medalist stubs
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