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Old 09-10-2024, 10:55 AM
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Of course the "famous nickname" story, is that a reporter asked Wagner something like "who's the new kid?" and Wagner responded "That's Miller." Supposedly the reporter heard "That's" as "Dots."

So now the question arises, with Miller signing family post cards as "Dots," was "Dots" a family nickname long before the Wagner story ......... ????? ..... Very interesting ...............

Fun, fun, Scott

Miller got his nickname at a very young age (said to be 2-3 years old) from his own German accent. He would pronounce "That's" as "Dots". Apparently he was very grabby as a toddler, so he was saying stuff like "dots mine" a lot. You can find him being called Dots Miller in local NJ papers three years before he ever met Wagner
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