Kyle Miller (July 31, 1981 – June 8, 2013) was a Canadian

field lacrosse Field lacrosse is a full contact sport, full contact outdoor sport played with two opposing teams of 10 players each. The sport originated among indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans, and the modern rules of field lacrosse were i ...

goalkeeper. He was born in

Orangeville, Ontario Orangeville (Canada 2021 Census population of 30,167) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County. History The first patent of land was issued to Ezekiel Benson, a land surveyor, on August 7, 1820. That was fol ...

, the son of Kevin Miller and Sharon Denman. Kyle and his brother Brandon Miller both played junior lacrosse for the Orangeville Northmen Jr. A in the 1990s. In 2002, Kyle received a scholarship to

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. It was during his time at Cornell University that he was diagnosed as having

osteosarcoma An osteosarcoma (OS) or osteogenic sarcoma (OGS) is a cancerous tumor in a bone. Specifically, it is an aggressive malignant neoplasm that arises from primitive transformed cells of mesenchyme, mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma) and that exhi ...

. His treatment for osteosarcoma included

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and surgery. He returned to playing lacrosse for

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within two years of the original diagnosis. In 2006, he graduated from Cornell University, and went on to play for the gold medal-winning Canadian national team in the

World Lacrosse Championships The World Lacrosse Men's Championship is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years. The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as ...

. After retiring from playing lacrosse, he worked as a

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. His cancer returned in 2011, but this time had

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to his lungs. He again underwent chemotherapy and surgery, however, he died on June 8, 2013.

References

External links

Biography on motivational speaking website
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