Phil Moffatt
| Stanford Cardinal | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 17, 1908 Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1987 (aged 79) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Stanford (1930) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Philip Julian Moffatt (February 17, 1908 – May 16, 1987)[1] was an American football player. He played at the halfback position for the Stanford Cardinal football team. He was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.[2] During World War II, he served in the United States Navy.[3] Moffatt holds the Stanford records with 10 interceptions in a season and 20 in a career. He is third in all-time rushing at Stanford with an average of 5.9 yards per carry. He has been inducted into Stanford's Hall of Fame.[4]
Moffatt received an economics degree from Stanford and worked in an executive position at General Motors in Sacramento, California. He died of a heart attack in 1987 at age 79.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Death record for Philip Julian Moffatt, born Feb 17, 1908, Oklahoma, died May 16, 1987, Santa Clara County, California. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line].
- ↑ L.S. Cameron (December 8, 1930). "UNITED PRESS HAS ALL-AMERICA GRID TEAM OF THE YEAR: Milo Lubratovich of the University of Wisconsin Team is Placed on the First Team". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line].
- ↑ "Phil Moffatt". GoStanford.com. Stanford University.
- ↑ "Stanford's all-time halfback Moffatt dies at age 79". The Desert Sun. May 20, 1987. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.