WRESTLER PROFILES

[Bill Miller Gallery]	Wrestler: Dr. Bill Miller Real Name: William M. Miller Birthday: June 5, 1927 Hometown: Fremont, Ohio Marital Status: Married Twice w/6 Kids Height & Weight: 6'6" - 290 lbs Trained by: Debut: April 1951 (Ohio) Previous Gimmicks: The Crimson Knight (St Louis) Doctor "X" (Omaha) Mr. M (Minneapolis) Big Bill Miller Finishing Move: The Back-Breaker Favorite Moves: The Bearhug Notable Feuds: Verne Gagne Ray Stevens Igor Hans Schmidt Karl Gotch Wilbur Snyder Tex McKenzie
AWA (Ohio) World Heavyweight title defeating Don Eagle (May 1, 1952); NWA (Ohio) Midwest Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (October 22, 1953); NWA (Ohio) Midwest Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (September 18, 1954); MWA Ohio Tag Team titles w/Stan Holek defeating Great Scott & Buddy Rogers (January ??, 1955); MWA (Ohio) Eastern States Heavyweight title defeating Buddy Rogers (July 26, 1955); MWA Ohio Heavyweight title defeating Dick Hutton (Febuary ??, 1956); NWA (San Francisco) Pacific Coast Tag Team titles w/Ed Miller defeating Sandor Kovacs & Enrique Torres (July ??, 1956); NWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/Ed Miller defeating Bobo Brazil & Enrique Torres (August 14, 1956); NWA (Toronto) Canadian Open Tag Team titles w/Ed Miller defeating Joe & Guy Brunetti (Febuary 12, 1957); MWA Ohio Heavyweight title defeating ???????? (March ??, 1957); AWA (Omaha) World Heavyweight title defeating Wilbur Snyder (October 3, 1959); AWA (Omaha) World Heavyweight title defeating Don Leo Jonathan (Febuary 4, 1961); AWA United States Heavyweight title defeating Hard Boiled Haggerty (October 17, 1961); AWA World Heavyweight title (as Mr. M) defeating Verne Gagne (January 9, 1962); NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title defeating ??????? (September ??, 1963); NWA (Central States) North American Tag Team titles w/Bob Geigal defeating Sonny Myers & Pat O` Connor (Febuary 20, 1964); WWWF United States Tag Team titles w/Dan Miller defeating Bill Watts & Gorilla Monsoon (August 7, 1965); IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Killer Kowalski defeating Antonio Pugliese & Dominic DeNucci (June ??, 1968); WWA (Indianapolis) World Tag Team titles w/Dick the Bruiser defeating Jim & Jack Dillinger (June 26, 1970); IWA (Japan) World Heavyweight title defeating Thunder Sujiyama (March 4, 1971);
In The Beginning: Bill Miller played on the Ohio State University Buckeyes football 1950 Rose Bowl team.. Bill Miller was a licensed veterinarian in the State of Ohio.. Getting into the Business: August 21, 1962: Mr. M (Bill Miller) was unmasked by Verne Gagne in Minneapolis MN.. Sept 3 1962: Gotch & Bill Miller turn themselves in to Franklin County, OH Sheriff's dept on assault charges filed by Buddy Rogers.. ~~~Karl Gotch & Bill Miller each post a $25 bond and are released.. World Wide Wrestling Federation: July 12, 1965 - WWWF Madison Square Garden: Bruno Sammartino v Dr. Bill Miller.. August 2, 1965 - WWWF Madison Square Garden: Bruno Sammartino v Dr. Bill Miller.. August 7, 1965: Dan Miller & Dr. Bill Miller defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Bill Watts for the WWWF United States Tag Team titles.. December 13, 1965 - WWWF Madison Square Garden: Bruno Sammartino & Johnny Valentine v Dan & Bill Miller.. More Wrestling: June 26, 1970: Dick the Bruiser & Bill Miller defeats Jack & Jim Dillenger (Chris Colt) to win the WWA tag team titles in Indianapolis.. July 10, 1970: The Mongols defeated Gorilla Monsoon & Dr. Bill Miller.. July 17, 1970: The Fabulous Kangaroos (Costello & Kent) defeated Dick the Bruiser & Bill Miller for the WWA tag team titles.. August 14, 1970 - AWA Comiskey Park: Bobo Brazil wrestled Bill Miller to a 20-minute time limit draw.. NWA World Champion, Dory Funk, defeated Dr Bill Miller.. Bill Miller later showed up under a mask, wrestling as The Crimson Knight.. November 20, 1970: Crimson Knight (Bill Miller under mask) was unmasked by NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr. in St. Louis MO.. November 20, 1970: The Crimson Knight unmasks himself in St. Louis revealing himself to be Dr. Bill Miller.. March 24, 1997: Bill Miller (69) died of a heart attacked after a workout at the gym as he left the building.. Greg Kelly wrote: Here's Bill Miller's Sydney results from 1968, his only run here: 5/17-Dr Bill Miller d Larry O'Dea 5/24-Reg Parks d B.Miller DQ 5/31-Miller d Jack Brisco 6/7-Spiros Arion d Miller rev dec 6/14-Arion/Domenic DeNucci d Miller/Killer Kowalski 2-1 6/21-Arion d Miller then in Brisbane Miller & Kowalski won the tag titles from DeNucci & Antonio Pugliese 7/5-Miller drew Jack Brisco then on TV Miller & Kowalski lost titles to Cyclone Negro & Baron Scicluna 7/20-Roy Heffernan d Miller DQ 7/26-Miller d Kowalski DQ after falling out 8/2-Kowalski d Miller in a cage match with the loser not to appear in Sydney again 8/16-following the death of Oklahoma Kid in Melbourne Miller was "allowed back" to sub for the Kid & defeated Kowalski Robert Louis Howell wrote: May 22, 1970: Doug Gilbert and Dr Bill Miller drew ---- May 23, 1970: Dr Bill Miller destroyed Pedro Valdez in 45 second flat. (He endeared himself to the fans by kicking Valdez in the stomach while shaking hands) --------- May 27 (circa) 1970 Columbus GA. Bill Dromo beat Dr Bill Miller. Doug Gilbert wan a shot a Nick Bockwinkels GA Heavyweight title beat Dr. Bill Miller (Miller was brought in by Bockwinkel as an obstruction to Gilbert) --- (Side note until this tour of GA there had ben some speculation among fans that the Assassins were the Miller brothers)