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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn">Miller Pontius</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Miller_Pontius.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Miller_Pontius.jpg/250px-Miller_Pontius.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Miller_Pontius.jpg/330px-Miller_Pontius.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Miller_Pontius.jpg/500px-Miller_Pontius.jpg 2x" data-file-width="862" data-file-height="912" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Pontius cropped from 1912 Michigan football team photograph</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1891-04-17</span>)</span>April 17, 1891<br /><a href="/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio" title="Circleville, Ohio">Circleville, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 5, 1960<span style="display:none">(1960-11-05)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City, New York">New York City, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Playing career</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1911–1913</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Baseball</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1913</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_baseball" title="Michigan Wolverines baseball">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">End</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">tackle</a> (football)<br /><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">First baseman</a> (baseball)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">HC</a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Football</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1914–1915</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1916</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightgray; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" />Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li>Consensus <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1913_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1913 College Football All-America Team">1913</a>)</li> <li>Consensus first-team All-Western (<a href="/wiki/1912_All-Western_college_football_team" title="1912 All-Western college football team">1912</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Miller Hall Pontius</b> (April 17, 1891 – November 5, 1960) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player and <a href="/wiki/Investment_banking" title="Investment banking">investment banker</a>. </p><p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio" title="Circleville, Ohio">Circleville, Ohio</a>, Pontius played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American football)">tackle</a> and <a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American 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Yost">Fielding H. Yost</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan Wolverines</a> from 1911 to 1913. He was selected as a consensus first-team tackle on the <a href="/wiki/1913_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1913 College Football All-America Team">1913 College Football All-America Team</a>. He also played <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> at Michigan under head coach <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a>. </p><p>Pontius later served as an assistant football coach the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> from 1914 to 1915 and at Michigan in 1916. He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. In later years, he was an investment banker with <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Eberstadt_(policy_advisor)" title="Ferdinand Eberstadt (policy advisor)">F. Eberstadt and Co.</a> from 1938 until his death in 1960. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontius was born in <a href="/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio" title="Circleville, Ohio">Circleville, Ohio</a>, 1891. He was the son of Judge George Pontius and Ora Pontius.<sup id="cite_ref-Wedding_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wedding-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended Everts High School in Circleville where he played for the football, basketball and baseball teams and was captain of the football team in 1907. He graduated in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He next attended preparatory school at the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_University_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit University School">Detroit University School</a> where he starred at the fullback position on the football team.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Detroit University School. Pontius attended <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_College" title="Kenyon College">Kenyon College</a> for one year.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="University_of_Michigan">University of Michigan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: University of Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1910, Pontius enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>. While attending Michigan, Pontius was a member of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Phi" title="Alpha Delta Phi">Alpha Delta Phi</a>, Barristers, Michigammua, and The Friars.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became known as an outstanding athlete at Michigan, playing for the football and baseball teams and also developing a reputation as an excellent boxer.<sup id="cite_ref-MadeGood_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MadeGood-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He played at the fullback position for the freshman football team in 1910. As a sophomore, he weighed approximately 200 pounds and played at the end and tackle positions for the <a href="/wiki/1911_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1911 Michigan Wolverines football team">1911 team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bentley_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bentley-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Years later, Pontius was remembered as a "slashing tackle."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1912_season">1912 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1912 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontius was stricken by <a href="/wiki/Typhoid_fever" title="Typhoid fever">typhoid fever</a> during the summer of 1912. After a period of convalescing at his home in Ohio, Pontius was sent "west to the mountains for his health."<sup id="cite_ref-Crack_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crack-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he arrived in Ann Arbor in September, he was "not in condition to stand the grueling work of a football season."<sup id="cite_ref-Crack_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crack-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a promising showing by Pontius in 1911, his loss reportedly cost coach Yost "much worry and sleep."<sup id="cite_ref-Crack_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crack-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the illness, Pontius managed to get into shape and played several games in 1912. In November 1912, Yost announced that he was moving Pontius from right end to right tackle. One reporter noted that Pontius was "a medium end," but "a crackerjack tackle."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the 1912 season, Pontius received first team All-Western honors from Chicago football writer George W. Axelson,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> E. C. Patterson for <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Collier's Weekly">Collier's Weekly</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fielding_H._Yost" title="Fielding H. Yost">Fielding H. Yost</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Eckersall" title="Walter Eckersall">Walter Eckersall</a> for the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontius was nominated to be captain of the 1913 team, but lost the vote to <a href="/wiki/George_C._Paterson" title="George C. Paterson">George C. Paterson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1913_season">1913 season</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1913 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the 1913 season, Pontius was expected to be a star.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He helped lead the <a href="/wiki/1913_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1913 Michigan Wolverines football team">1913 Wolverines</a> to a 6–1, outscoring opponents, 175 to 21. The only loss was to <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football" title="Michigan State Spartans football">Michigan Agricultural College</a> (later known as Michigan State), 12–7. They beat <a href="/wiki/Vanderbilt_Commodores_football" title="Vanderbilt Commodores football">Vanderbilt</a>, 33–2, <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Orange_football" title="Syracuse Orange football">Syracuse</a>, 43–7, <a href="/wiki/Cornell_Big_Red_football" title="Cornell Big Red football">Cornell</a>, 17–0, and <a href="/wiki/Penn_Quakers_football" title="Penn Quakers football">Penn</a>, 13–0.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pontius played his last game as a Wolverine on November 15, 1913, against <a href="/wiki/1913_Penn_Quakers_football_team" title="1913 Penn Quakers football team">Penn</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Collier's Weekly">Collier's Weekly</a></i> wrote the following of his performance in that game: "He was aggressive against Pennsylvania, playing both end and tackle. He showed a thorough knowledge of the game and always crashed into the point of rival attacks."<sup id="cite_ref-Bentley_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bentley-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 1913 season, Pontius was a consensus first-team tackle on the <a href="/wiki/1913_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1913 College Football All-America Team">1913 College Football All-America Team</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CAA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> receiving first-team honors from, among others, <a href="/wiki/Grantland_Rice" title="Grantland Rice">Grantland Rice</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Menke" title="Frank G. Menke">Frank G. Menke</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NYC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Thorp" title="Tom Thorp">Tom Thorp</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NYC_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Fielding H.Yost.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baseball">Baseball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Baseball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pontius was also a standout baseball player at Michigan, where he played for coach <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a> and alongside <a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">George Sisler</a>—both of whom were later inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. In 1913, he was the <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> for Rickey's best team at Michigan, a squad that went 21–4–1. It was the first Michigan baseball team to win 20 games.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 1913 baseball season, Pontius was elected to serve as captain of the 1914 Michigan baseball team.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in February 1914, Pontius announced that he would not play baseball that spring "as a result of scholastic difficulties."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George Sisler was chosen to succeed Pontius as the team's captain.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career_and_military_service">Coaching career and military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Coaching career and military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 1914, Pontius graduated from the law department at Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was admitted to practice law in both Michigan and Ohio.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon graduating, he became an assistant football coach under <a href="/wiki/Zora_G._Clevenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Zora G. Clevenger">Zora G. Clevenger</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He introduced the "Yost-Michigan system" at Tennessee, and the <a href="/wiki/1915_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="1915 Tennessee Volunteers football team">1915 Tennessee Volunteers football team</a> responded with a perfect 9-0 record and the program's first Southern championship.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pontius returned to Tennessee in 1915,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he decided in January 1916 not to return to Tennessee "because of private business interests."<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In March 1916, Pontius was hired as an assistant coach responsible for the lineman on the <a href="/wiki/1916_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="1916 Michigan Wolverines football team">1916 Michigan football team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took charge of spring practice in May 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1916, the <i><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Herald-Journal" title="Syracuse Herald-Journal">Syracuse Herald</a></i> noted that "the line coaching of Miller Pontius has helped remarkably in bolstering up their department, and the back field can bank on much better protection."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Michigan Daily</i> also praised Pontius' work in strengthening the line:</p><blockquote><p>Perhaps no single individual deserves any more credit for the showing of the 1916 Michigan Varsity than Line Coach Miller H. Pontius. . . . The former Varsity star took hold with a vengeance . . . and built up a forward wall that was a wonderful improvement upon that of the previous season. . . . Pontius was a star of the first magnitude himself during his college career and he seems to have the gift for imparting to others the knowledge that he learned while actively engaged in mussing up the scenery . . ."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Pontius signed a contract in January 1917 to return to Michigan's coaching staff.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, following the United States entry into <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> in August 1917. He served as a second lieutenant in a field artillery unit.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_career">Business career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Miller_Pontius_with_family.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Miller_Pontius_with_family.png/330px-Miller_Pontius_with_family.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Miller_Pontius_with_family.png/500px-Miller_Pontius_with_family.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Miller_Pontius_with_family.png/600px-Miller_Pontius_with_family.png 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="595" /></a><figcaption>Pontius with wife Mildred and son David (1922)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1919, after being discharged from the Army, Pontius sailed to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent three years in South America working for the foreign department of the National City Bank.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1922, Pontius was working with the foreign department of the Home Insurance Company.<sup id="cite_ref-Wedding_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wedding-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then went into the security business in Chicago in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1934, he moved to New York City and was for four years the president of the New York Michigan Club.<sup id="cite_ref-CH2_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1937, he was a vice president of G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc.,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an investment banking, brokerage and real estate development firm founded by fellow University of Michigan alumnus, George L. Ohrstrom.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1938, Pontius was elected vice president of the Touchdown Club in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, in 1938, Pontius was the "toastmaster" at a Michigan Alumni Club dinner in New York in honor of Michigan's new football coach <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Crisler" title="Fritz Crisler">Fritz Crisler</a>. Pontius spoke of "the return of Michigan to its former high estate in the game."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pontius next joined the <a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a> <a href="/wiki/Investment_banking" title="Investment banking">investment banking</a> firm, <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Eberstadt_(policy_advisor)" title="Ferdinand Eberstadt (policy advisor)">F. Eberstadt and Co.</a> He began as its Chicago partner in 1938. He moved to the New York City office in 1943 as syndicate manager and senior vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-CH2_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained with Eberstadt until his death in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_later_years">Family and later years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Family and later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1922, Pontius married Mildred Carrington Taylor of <a href="/wiki/Port_Huron,_Michigan" title="Port Huron, Michigan">Port Huron, Michigan</a>, in a ceremony at <a href="/wiki/Watertown,_New_York" title="Watertown, New York">Watertown, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wedding_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wedding-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their son, David Taylor Pontius (1924-1992), attended the University of Michigan in the 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pontius and his wife resided in later years in <a href="/wiki/Bronxville,_New_York" title="Bronxville, New York">Bronxville, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MadeGood_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MadeGood-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1957, Pontius received a distinguished alumni service medal from the University of Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-CH2_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MadeGood_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MadeGood-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pontius died in 1960 at <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Hospital_(New_York_City)" title="Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)">Presbyterian Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> at age 69.<sup id="cite_ref-CH1_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CH2_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH2-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1972, the Miller Hall Pontius Room was dedicated at the Pickaway County Historical Society's Clarke-May Museum in Pontius' hometown of <a href="/wiki/Circleville,_Ohio" title="Circleville, Ohio">Circleville, Ohio</a>. His widow, son, and grandson (Miller Hall Pontius II) attended the dedication ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_All-Americans" title="List of Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans">List of Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miller_Pontius&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Wedding-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wedding_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wedding_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wedding_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10555832/cupid_works_rapidly_as_business_beckons/">"Cupid Works Rapidly As Business Beckons"</a>. 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