Position: Quarterback
Years: 1917-1921
Place of Birth: Prairie Hill, TX
Date of Birth: Jan 12, 1895
Place of Death: Bloomington, IN
Date of Death: Mar 31, 1952
Jersey Number: 11
Height: 5-9
Weight: 165
High School: Fort Worth, TX (Northside HS)Somerset, KY (Somerset HS)
Alvin "Bo" McMillin was born January 12, 1895, in Prairie Hill, Texas, and died March 31, 1952, in Bloomington, Indiana. McMillin was the star of the football team at Northside High School, Fort Worth, in 1915. Robert "Chief" Myers, his high school coach, took the best players to Centre college in 1916. McMillin didn't have enough credits for college, so he went another year to high school in Somerset, Kentucky, and played on the football team. He enrolled at Centre and won football letters in five seasons 1917-1921. This was possible because he spent part of 1918 in service and the football season did not count against his college eligibility. He drop-kicked a 17 yard field goal to beat Kentucky in 1917. He had a 35 yard run to beat Harvard 6-0 in 1921; it was Harvard's first defeat in five years. Walter Camp named McMillin quarterback on his All-America first team in 1919 and named him to his second team 1920. McMillan repeated as a consensus All-America in 1921. McMillin was head coach at Centenary 1922-24, Geneva 1925-27, Kansas State 1928-33, Indiana 1934-47 with a record of 146-77-13. His 1945 team won Indiana's first Big 10 championship. In that year, he was named Coach of the Year. He coached in the pros with Detroit 1948-50 and Philadelphia 1951.
