Background
Millay left professional baseball in 1938 when his father, who managed a bakery in Evansville, Indiana, was severely injured in an oven explosion.
Millay left professional baseball in 1938 when his father, who managed a bakery in Evansville, Indiana, was severely injured in an oven explosion.
Joe Millay graduated from Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, Indiana in 1933.
He graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education from Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1937. Millay served in the United States. Navy during World World War II, and was stationed at the Naval Air Station, Trinidad, where, among other duties, he was a bowling instructor. In 1938, Millay rolled a 300 in bowling, scored an ace in golf, and pitched a no-hit, no-run game for a professional baseball team
In his lifetime, Millay scored two aces in golf, pitched two no-hit games in professional baseball, and rolled 13 perfect games in bowling.
