Spencer Moseley
American football player (1919–1991)
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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.
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Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Moseley, circa 1941 | |
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| Position | Center |
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| Born | October 21, 1919 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | May 23, 1991 (aged 71) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| College | Yale |
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Biography
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]