Hal Moe

College coach infobox
Name = Hal Moe


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DateOfBirth = March 28 1910
Birthplace = Spokane, Washington
DateOfDeath = May 26 2001
Deathplace = Corvallis, Oregon
Sport = Football, Track and Field
College = Oregon State, University of Portland
Title = Assistant coach (football)
Head Coach (football, track)
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Player = Y
Years = 1929-1932
1933
Team = Oregon State (college)
Chicago Cardinals (NFL)
Position = HB
Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1933-1942
1946-1948
1949-1952
1952-1958
CoachTeams = Oregon State (football-AC)
University of Portland (football)
Oregon State (football-AC)
Oregon State (track)
FootballHOF =

Harold "Hal" W. Moe (March 28 1910 – May 26 2001)cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=moe&firstname=harold&start=21|title=Social Security Death Index Search Results|accessdate=2008-01-10] was an American college football player and assistant coach. He played and coached at Oregon State University, then known as Oregon Agricultural College. He played one season in the NFL with the Chicago Cardinals.

Playing career

Moe played football at Oregon State. He played halfback from 1929-1932. Upon the conclusion of his career at Oregon State, he played one season in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals.cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MOEHAL01|title=Hal Moe Statistics|publisher=databaseFootball.com|accessdate=2008-01-10]

Collegiate coaching

After 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.cite web|url=http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0109/obituariesa.html|title=Obituaries: "Coach" Hal Moe (1910-2001)|publisher=Oregon State Alumni Association|accessdate=2008-01-10] .

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.cite web|url=http://www.up.edu/spotlight.asp?ctnt=580&lvl=2|title= Football Dropped|publisher=University of Portland|accessdate=2008-01-10] 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.

Legacy

Moe was named to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1982cite web|url=http://www.oregonsportshall.com/inductee/roll/football.htm|title=Inductees: Football|publisher=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|accessdate=2008-01-10] and the Oregon State University Hall of Fame in 1990.cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&KEY=&ATCLID=188614|title=Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Oregon State Sports Information|accessdate=2008-01-10] He died in Corvallis in 2001.

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