Miller, James Ivan

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  • Wiki Biography:
    • James Ivan Miller (December 31, 1898 – June 2, 1967) was a Canadian journalist and sportscaster, who worked for The Hamilton Spectator for 45 years combined as a columnist, sports editor, and sports director. He regularly covered the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Canadian football, and gave play-by-play coverage of golf and ice hockey as a radio sportscaster on CKOC. As the founding president of the Ontario Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, he organized annual sports celebrities dinners to benefit the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. His final project was a book on the history of sports in Hamilton. He was posthumously inducted into the media section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and the builder category of the Hamilton Sports Hall of Fame.
    • Before journalism, Miller played amateur baseball as a pitcher and won the 1920 Ontario Baseball Association championship. Hoping to turn professional with the Buffalo Bisons of the International League, an injury pitching for the Portsmouth Truckers in the Virginia League prevented his minor league progress after one season. He remained active in organizing sports in Hamilton, including golf and curling, was a committee member for the 1930 British Empire Games, and was the Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s inaugural curator.
  • Fourth Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=106
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