Frederick C. Miller (January 26, 1906 – December 17, 1954) was a college football player, an All-American tackle under head coach Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame,[2][3][4] posthumously elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

He coaxed Lou Perini into moving them into the new County Stadium and was made a director for the team.

The father of two sons and six daughters, Miller was killed in a plane crash at age 48 on December 17, 1954, while on the way to a hunting trip in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

[9] The company plane, a converted twin-engine Lockheed Ventura that was bound for Winnipeg’s airport on a Friday evening, had trouble with both engines and crashed shortly after takeoff from Mitchell Field in Milwaukee.

[10][11] Also killed were his oldest son, 20-year-old Fred, Jr.,[12] and the two company pilots, Joseph and Paul Laird.