Wilford Moore
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| Wilford Moore | ||
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| Born | c. 1920 | |
| Place of birth |  Littlefield, TX |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 48-25-5 (College) 52-44-5 (High school) |
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| 1948, '49, '53 Texas Conference Coach of the Year (AP) | ||
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| 1938-1940 | Hardin-Simmons | |
| Position | G / LB | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1947-1955 1956-1957 1958-1962 1963-1964 |
McMurry Lubbock HS Port Neches-Groves HS Cleburne HS |
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Wilford Moore (born c. 1920 in Littlefield, Texas) is a former American football coach. He is the highest winning coach in McMurry Indians football history and has the McMurry football stadium named in his honor.[1]
A native of Littlefield, Moore earned his physical education degree from Hardin-Simmons University in 1941. He was an assistant coach at Abilene High in the fall of 1941, but joined the United States Army Air Corps on December 9 following the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
After returning from World War II, he served as an assistant in 1946 at McMurry and then became the head coach the next year, coaching at McMurry from 1947-55. Moore coached the Indians to a 45-28-5 record and led them to the Oleander Bowl in 1949.
Moore later coached at Lubbock High School, Port Neches-Groves High School and Cleburne High School before returning to Abilene, Texas in 1972 where he has lived ever since.
At Hardin-Simmons, he played alongside Bulldog Turner, who later starred for the Chicago Bears in the NFL. At McMurry he coached players like Les Cowan, Brad Rowland and Grant Teaff.[2]
Wilford Moore is the only person to be inducted into the athletic halls of fame at both Hardin-Simmons University and McMurry University.[3] Since Moore played for Hardin-Simmons and coached at McMurry, both schools created a trophy named in his honor for the crosstown game.[4]
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