Warren Moon
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 1 |
| born on November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles , California | |
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| Active : 1978 - 2000 | |
| Undrafted in 1978 | |
| College : Washington | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TDs - INTs | 291-233 |
| Thrown yards | 49,325 |
| Quarterback rating | 80.9 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| Canadian Football Hall of Fame | |
Harold Warren Moon (* 18th November 1956 in Los Angeles , California ) is a former American American football - and Canadian football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and for the Houston Oilers , Minnesota Vikings , Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL). He currently works as a reporter for the Seattle Seahawks.
Early years
Moon was born in Los Angeles and grew up with 6 sisters. His father died of liver failure when Moon was seven years old. So he was the only man in the house early on and had to learn early on to look after his family. So he decided to do just one sport in high school so that he could help out at home for the rest of the year. With the address of a friend he enrolled at Alexander Hamilton High School , which offered better academic and sporting prospects than the school in his immediate vicinity. He decided to play football because he found he could throw the ball further and more precisely than anyone else. He was only starting quarterback in his junior year before he led his team into the play-offs a year later and was elected to the city selection.
college
He received little attention from college football scouts due to his smaller height and stature. So he decided on the West Los Angeles Junior College, where he made a name for himself with strong performances and was named Western State Conference Player of the Year in 1973. Eventually he got an offer from the University of Washington and thus the chance to play football on the big stage. However, he also entered an environment in which there had been racial conflicts in the past, with a proportion of Afro-Americans of less than four percent. As a sophomore he was only a substitute and only became a regular player as a junior. In a weak season, which ended with five wins and six defeats, Moon was booed as a scapegoat for his own fans and at home games. Nevertheless, he was not deterred and led the Washington Huskies to the Conference Championship the following year. In the Rose Bowl they prevailed against the favored University of Michigan , and Moon received the award for Rose Bowl MVP .
Professional career
Because as an Afro-American he did not correspond to the “classic” NFL quarterback type , he did not get a contract in the National Football League (NFL) after his college career .
So Moon was drawn to the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League (CFL), with which he won the Gray Cup , the CFL championship title, five times in a row between 1978 and 1983 . In an interview with NFL.com in 2004, Moon said, “In Canada, I was able to play without this stereotypical racism. I won five championships, got to know a different culture and improved my game. "
In 1984 he was drawn to the NFL. The Houston Oilers signed the two-time "CFL MVP" for their team. Oilers Head Coach Hugh Campbell , Moon's former Edmonton coach, was dying to have him on the team as quarterback.
Moon was to be the playmaker of the Oilers for ten years (six Pro Bowl nominations), with whom he celebrated his greatest successes (seven play-off appearances, twice division champion, offensive player of the year 1990) in the NFL. A Super Bowl success (and thus also a Super Bowl ring ) was denied to him, but in 1989 he received the greatest personal honor when he was voted " Walter Payton Man of the Year ". In 1993 the Bart Starr Award followed .
From 1994 to 1996 Moon wore the jersey of the Minnesota Vikings , which he led to the playoffs twice during this time. In his two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks (1997-1998) Warren Moon achieved a team record for yards thrown (3,678) before being replaced by Jon Kitna during the 1998 season . The NFL veteran (17 seasons) ended his career with the Kansas City Chiefs as a backup quarterback.
Moon was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. His shirt number 1 is no longer awarded by the Tennessee Titans .
Moon's NFL career is expressed in numbers as follows: 208 NFL games, 3988 completions for 49,325 yards and 291 touchdowns (233 interceptions ). In addition, there are 1,736 rushing yards with 543 runs for 22 touchdowns.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Gale Contemporary Black Biography: Warren Moon (English) Answers.com, Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ Moon made his Position Clear From Start latimes.com, accessed October 31, 2014
- ^ The man that is Moon , Retrieved October 31, 2014
- ↑ Warren Moon - Struggle and Strength (English) sports.jrank.org, Accessed October 31, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Moon, Warren |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moon, Harold Warren (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and Canadian football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |