Charles Darley Miller (23 October 1868 to 22 December 1951) was a British polo player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the Roehampton team, which won the gold medal. He was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge, and worked as an indigo planter in Bihar from 1890 to 1902. He started the Roehampton Club in 1903 and managed it until 1939. He played polo for England against America in 1902 and for Rugby, where he was a trainer, from 1902 to 1914, and he served in the army in the First World War. Polo is a mounted team sport in which riders strike a ball with long-handled mallets.
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Born 23 October 1868
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Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
Plays: Polo, Results
Polo, Men (Olympic)
Competed In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Results
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