Spencer Moseley
| Personal information | |
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| Born: | October 21, 1919 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died: | May 23, 1991 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College: | Yale |
| Position: | Center |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Spencer Dumaresq Moseley (October 21, 1919 - May 23, 1991) was an American football player, notable for his play at Yale College in the early 1940s.
Biography
[edit]Moseley was born in 1919 in Evanston, Illinois. He attended the Hill School.
Moseley played college football for the Yale Bulldogs football team.[1][2] He broke his jaw in his second season but played every game wearing a specially designed harness. Moseley was captain of the 1942 Bulldogs,[3] and was selected by both the United Press and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as an All-American center.[4] He graduated with honors from Yale in 1943.[5]
During World War II, Moseley served as a Captain in the Marine Corps Air Division as a pilot in the Second Marine Air Wing. He was married in 1947 at Rye, New York, to Virginia Gillette Kleitz.[6] He later joined REA Express, formerly Railway Express Agency, in 1968 and became its chief executive officer until he retired in the mid-1980s.[5][7] He died in 1991 at age 72 in Chicago.[5]
Moseley was ranked as one of the top 20 players in Yale football history by a committee formed in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Harvard-Yale game.[5] His father, George Moseley, was an All-American end at Yale, class of 1917.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fighting Center Spencer Moseley Is Yale's Rhapsody in Old Blue". The Independent-Record. December 2, 1942. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Charles Bartlett (November 26, 1941). "It's Like Father, Like Son for the Yale Moseleys: A 1916 All-American and a 1942 Captain!". Chicago Tribune. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1942". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 68. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1187. ISBN 1401337031.
- ^ a b c d e Joan Cook (May 24, 1991). "S.D. Moseley, 72, Football Star at Yale and Executive, Dies". The New York Times. p. 40.
- ^ "Spencer Moseley Weds Mis Kleitz". The New York Times. May 11, 1947. p. 59.
- ^ "Spencer Moseley". Toledo Blade. May 24, 1991. p. 7.