Mr. Henry G. "Dad" Miller was instrumental in the concept, planning and construction of the Anaheim Municipal Golf Course in 1960 - 1961.  For his countless contributions and enrichment to the lives of thousands in the community,  the Anaheim City Council re-named the Anaheim Municipal Golf Course to the "H.G. " Dad Miller Anaheim Municipal Golf Course in September of 1975.  To most, this course is now referred to only as "Dad Miller Golf Course." 

Miller barely weighed 100 pounds, but all 5 feet 6 inches of it was energy.  He didn't start playing golf until he was 55, but once he started he rarely let a day go by without hitting a ball or two, often walking 36 holes until "old age," as he called it when he reached 85, forced him to apologetically ride a golf cart.  Those fortunate enough to have played a round at Anaheim with the wiry little man as he approached 100 recalled his trademark shot, a 140-yard drive right down the middle of the fairway - hole after hole.  "you never grow old playing golf, you grow old when you stop playing," he often said. 

When he was 93, Miller used a 6-iron to make a hole in one on the 116-yard 11th hole at his Anaheim course.  A plaque at the hole memorializes the shot that put him in the Guinness Book of Records at the time as the oldest golfer to score an ace.  It was his third one.  Inside the clubhouse is a picture of him on his 100th birthday, signed by competitors and friends who were there that day in 1977 for a tournament in his honor.  He died two years later, two weeks after turning 102.  His wife died in 1968 and he never remarried.  But he was a favorite flirt of women from 18 to 80.  "When they find out t'm 100, they love me," he said with a twinkle in his eyes.  Although he was formally Henry George Miller, he hastened to say, "Please don't call me Henry, I hate that name.  Just call me Dad."

Even though he played to a seven handicap when he was in his 70's and was shooting his age through his 90's, Miller always said he could have been better if not for his gnarled hands, a reminder from his early days playing baseball.  "The equipment wasn't so good back then, we just about played barehanded," he said.  In 1893, before Babe Ruth was even born, before there was an American League, Miller played minor league baseball in the Tri-State League, which later became the Three-I League. 

When Miller was 84, he won the 75-and-over class in the U.S. National Senior Open Golf Assn. championship by shooting 84-86-85 at the El Dorado, Bermuda Dunes, and Indian Wells courses where the Bob Hope Desert Classic was played.  Dutch Harrison was the professional winner.  Years later, Harrison met Miller again at the same tournament.  "My god , are you still alive?" Harrison said.  "I'm not only alive, but aI shot an 88 today," Miller shot back.  He was 93 at the time.