Lenoir-Rhyne University Athletics

Robert Miller played football for four seasons at Lenoir-Rhyne and two each in baseball and track.  He graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne in 1958 with a degree in business.  Miller set a then-record with a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown in 1955.  In 1956 and 1957, Miller led the Bears in punting.  He also scored four touchdowns in his first-ever start at tailback against Newport News in 1956 and finished that season as the third leading scorer (54) in the North State Conference.  He was also named to the all-conference team by the Charlotte News in 1956.  As a senior in 1957, Miller led the team with seven pass interceptions, including then a school-record three against Catawba College.  That interception record stood for 34 years before it was broken.  After Lenoir-Rhyne, Miller served in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years.  While in the USMC, Miller played two seasons for the Quantico Marines as a halfback and a defensive back and the team won back-to-back National Service Championships.  After leaving the Marines in 1963, Miller served as a vice president for the Collins and Aikman Corporation from 1963 to 1982.  In 1982, he became the president and managing partner of Falcon Industries, Inc.  He served two terms as President of the Congregation of Macedonian Lutheran Church in Burlington, N.C., and as a member of the Lenoir-Rhyne's Board of Visitors.  He served as the President of the Piedmont Educational Foundation/Bears Club at Lenoir-Rhyne and Chairman of the Clarence Stasavich Endowment Campaign.