Wilbur Moore
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| Position: | Halfback Wing-back Defensive back | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | April 22, 1916 Austin, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died: | August 9, 1965 (aged 49) Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
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| College: | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1939 / round: 9 / pick: 78 | ||||||||||||||||
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Wilbur John Moore (April 22, 1916 – August 9, 1965) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Minnesota and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1939 NFL draft.[1]
Biography
Wilbur Moore was born April 22, 1916, in Austin, Minnesota.
He attended the University of Minnesota, where he was part of the 1936 Golden Gophers football team that won a national championship.
On August 9, 1965, Moore was shot to death in front of his wife's home in Mitchellville, Maryland. He and Clara Moore had been separated for three months, and had been seen arguing before she killed him with a single shot from a .22 caliber revolver.[2]
References
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- ^ "Wilbur Moore, Grid Ace, Slain", Chicago Tribune, August 10, 1965, p. 1.
- 1916 births
- 1965 deaths
- People from Austin, Minnesota
- American football running backs
- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
- Minnesota Golden Gophers football players
- University of Minnesota alumni
- Washington Redskins players
- Players of American football from Minnesota
- United States Marines
- Deaths by firearm in Maryland
- People murdered in Maryland
- Mariticides
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