Marvin Julian Miller (April 14, 1917 â€" November 27, 2012) was an
American baseball executive who served as the Executive Director of
the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to
1982. Under Miller's direction, the players' union was transformed
into one of the strongest unions in the United States. In 1992, Red
Barber said, "Marvin Miller, along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson,
is one of the two or three most important men in baseball history."
Miller was selected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in December
2019, for induction in 2020.Marvin Julian Miller (April 14, 1917 â€"
November 27, 2012) was an American baseball executive who served as
the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players
Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Under Miller's direction, the
players' union was transformed into one of the strongest unions in the
United States. In 1992, Red Barber said, "Marvin Miller, along with
Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, is one of the two or three most
important men in baseball history." Miller was selected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame in December 2019, for induction in
2020.Miller was born in The Bronx on April 14, 1917, and grew up in
Flatbush, Brooklyn, rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His father,
Alexander, was a salesman for a clothing company on the Lower East
Side in Manhattan; and, as a youngster, Marvin walked a picket line in
a union organizing drive. His mother, Gertrude Wald Miller, who taught
elementary school, was a member of the New York City teachers union,
now the United Federation of Teachers.Miller graduated from New York
University in 1938 with a degree in Economics. He resolved
labor-management disputes for the National War Labor Board in World
War II and later worked for the International Association of
Machinists and the United Auto Workers. He joined the staff of the
United Steelworkers in 1950, became its principal economic adviser and
assistant to its president, and took part in negotiating contracts. Marvin Miller Top Movies & Young Movies