Harold William Moe (March 28, 1910 – May 26, 2001)[1] was an American football player and coach. He played and coached at Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College. He played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Cardinals.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 28, 1910 Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 2001 (aged 91) Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1929–1932 | Oregon State |
| 1933 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1933–1942 | Oregon State (assistant) |
| 1946–1948 | Portland |
| 1949–1952 | Oregon State (assistant) |
| Track | |
| 1952–1958 | Oregon State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1948 | Portland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–17–2 (football( |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
Early life and playing career
editBorn in Spokane, Washington, Moe went on to attend Oregon Agricultural College, where he played halfback on the school's football team from 1929 to 1932. Upon the conclusion of his career at Oregon State, he played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals.[2]
Collegiate coaching
editAfter one season in the NFL, Moe returned to Corvallis, Oregon to become an assistant football coach at Oregon State. He remained with the team in that role from 1933 until the Beavers' appearance in the 1942 Rose Bowl, after which he joined the military and served in the Pacific Theater of World War II.[3]
Following the war, Moe returned to Portland in 1946 and became the head football coach and athletic director at the University of Portland, where he remained until 1948, a year before the school ended its football program.[4] He returned to Oregon State as an assistant football coach from 1949 to 1952, and then became the school's head track and field coach from 1952 to 1958.[5]
Legacy
editMoe was named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982[6] and the Oregon State University Hall of Fame in 1990.[5] He died in Corvallis in 2001.[1]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Pilots (Independent) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | Portland | 1–4–1 | |||||||
| 1947 | Portland | 1–8 | |||||||
| 1948 | Portland | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| Portland: | 4–17–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 4–17–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Social Security Death Index Search Results". Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ "Hal Moe Statistics". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ "Obituaries: "Coach" Hal Moe (1910-2001)". Oregon State Alumni Association. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ "Football Dropped". University of Portland. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ a b "Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame". Oregon State Sports Information. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Roll of Honor Members". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2010.