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Born: June 30, 1938, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Career Highlights: 1964 Olympic 10,000-meter gold medalist (only American winner); set world
record for 6 miles and two American marks in the 10,000; international victories include U.S. duals with England and Germany.
DI Cross Country All-American 1958, 1959
Lifetime PR's:
2 mile(i)-8:41.4 (February 26, 1965 @ Golden Gate Invitational in
San Francisco)
5000-13:41.4 (July 15, 1965 @ Oslo, Norway International Meet)
6 mile-27:11.6 (June 27, 1965 @ AAU
Nationals in San Diego)
10,000-28:17.6 (August 12, 1965 @ U.S. vs West Germany in Augsburg, Germany)
Marathon-2:22:56
(October 12, 1964 @ Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan)
Professions: Public speaking; humanitarian and Native American causes.
Mills' Unique Diet: Mills ate a diet in the tradition of his Lakota tribe that was based
on a 4-day cycle. One day, he ate something from "on the ground" (buffalo or deer in the old days, now lamb or beef); the
next day "from the water" (fish); the next "from the air" (birds, now chicken or turkey); the next day from "in the ground"
(vegetables). Each day, the diet also required foods of five colors: red, green, yellow, brown, and white; and they had to
be "live" foods like fruit and grain.
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