Wilford Moore

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title: "Wilford Moore" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1919-births", "2014-deaths", "american-football-guards", "american-football-linebackers", "hardin–simmons-cowboys-football-players", "mcmurry-war-hawks-football-coaches", "high-school-football-coaches-in-texas", "united-states-army-air-forces-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "people-from-littlefield,-texas", "players-of-american-football-from-texas"] description: "American football player and coach (1919–2014)" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford_Moore" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American football player and coach (1919–2014) ::

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Field	Value
name	Wilford Moore
birth_date
birth_place	Roby, Texas, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
player_years1	1938–1940
player_team1	Hardin–Simmons
player_positions	Guard, linebacker
coach_years1	1947–1954
coach_team1	McMurry
coach_years2	1956–1957
coach_team2	Lubbock HS (TX)
coach_years3	1958–1962
coach_team3	Port Neches-Groves HS (TX)
coach_years4	1963–1964
coach_team4	Cleburne HS (TX)
overall_record	49–29–5 (college)
52–44–5 (high school)
bowl_record	1–1
championships	4 Texas Conference (1947–1949, 1953)
awards	3× AP Texas Conference Coach of the Year (1948–1949, 1953)
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| name = Wilford Moore | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Roby, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1938–1940 | player_team1 = Hardin–Simmons | player_positions = Guard, linebacker | coach_years1 = 1947–1954 | coach_team1 = McMurry | coach_years2 = 1956–1957 | coach_team2 = Lubbock HS (TX) | coach_years3 = 1958–1962 | coach_team3 = Port Neches-Groves HS (TX) | coach_years4 = 1963–1964 | coach_team4 = Cleburne HS (TX) | overall_record = 49–29–5 (college) 52–44–5 (high school) | bowl_record = 1–1 | tournament_record = | championships = 4 Texas Conference (1947–1949, 1953) | awards = 3× AP Texas Conference Coach of the Year (1948–1949, 1953) | coaching_records = Wilford Harve Moore (November 20, 1919 – January 21, 2014) was an American football coach. He was the highest winning coach in McMurry Indians football. The McMurry football stadium is named in his honor.

A native of Littlefield, Texas, 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 to 1954. Moore coached the Indians to a 49–29–5 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 lived for the rest of his life.

At Hardin–Simmons, he played alongside Bulldog Turner, who later starred for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League (NFL). At McMurry he coached players like Les Cowan, Brad Rowland and Grant Teaff.

Moore was the only person to be inducted into the athletic halls of fame at both Hardin–Simmons University and McMurry University. Since Moore played for Hardin-Simmons and coached at McMurry, both schools created a trophy named in his honor for the crosstown game.

Head coaching record

College

| name = McMurry Indians | conf = Texas Conference | startyear = 1947 | endyear = 1954 | championship = conference | year = 1947 | name = McMurry | overall = 7–3–1 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = Boys' Ranch Bowl | bowloutcome = L | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = conference | year = 1948 | name = McMurry | overall = 6–4 | conference = 4–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = conference | year = 1949 | name = McMurry | overall = 8–2–1 | conference = 4–0–1 | confstanding = 1st | bowlname = Oleander Bowl | bowloutcome = W | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1950 | name = McMurry | overall = 4–5 | conference = 2–3 | confstanding = T–3rd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1951 | name = McMurry | overall = 3–7 | conference = 1–3 | confstanding = 4th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1952 | name = McMurry | overall = 4–4–1 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = conference | year = 1953 | name = McMurry | overall = 8–1–1 | conference = 3–1 | confstanding = T–1st | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | championship = | year = 1954 | name = McMurry | overall = 6–3–1 | conference = 1–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no | name = McMurry | overall = 49–29–5 | confrecord = 22–11–1 | overall = 49–29–5 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype =

References

References

1. "McMurry renames football and track stadium to Wilford Moore Stadium".
2. Moore, Wilford Harve. "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935". FamilySearch.
3. [http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/070903/gen_070903013.shtml Players pay tribute to coaching great]
4. [http://www.texnews.com/1998/sports/al0814.html Moore is only due Hall-of-Famer for HSU and McMurry]
5. [http://www.texnews.com/1998/sports/moore0814.html HSU and McMurry create Wilford Moore trophy for crosstown game]

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