Lennox Miller (2009) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Lennox Miller

Induction:
2009
Class:
1969

Lennox Miller was one of the speediest Trojans ever. The 3-year (1967-69) letterman was a member of USC NCAA championship track and field teams in 1967 and 1968, and accounted for 47 points in his 3 NCAA meets. He won the NCAA 100-meter dash in 1968 (10.1) and was the NCAA runner-up in the 100-yard version of the event in 1967 and 1969. The 1969 USC captain also scored in the 200 at the NCAAs, placing second twice and fourth once. He ran the anchor leg on the world record-setting 1967 NCAA champion 440-yard relay team (38.6), and he also was part of the 1968 winning NCAA quartet and 1969 runner-up. His 9.2 time in the 100-yard dash in 1967 was a USC record, while his 10.04 in the 100 meters in 1968 set a school mark. His best of 20.3 for 200 yards in 1969 was a school standard. He won a pair of Olympic medals in the 100 while competing for Jamaica, getting a silver in 1968 and a bronze in 1972. He set the world record in the indoor 100-yard dash in 1969. He was ranked in the world’s Top 10 in the 100 for 7 years and in the 200 meters twice. In 2016, he was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team. His daughter, Inger, was a star sprinter at USC before winning a gold medal in the 400-meter relay at the 1996 Olympics (the first father and daughter to win Olympic track medals). The USC Dental School graduate was a Pasadena dentist for 30 years. He died on Nov. 8, 2004, at age 58.