Wilbur Moore

Games played:	73
Starts:	37
Rushing attempts:	183
Rushing yards:	901 (4.9 average)
Receptions:	91
Yards receiving:	1,224 (13.5 average)
Touchdowns:	24

Wilbur Moore
No. 35
Position:	Halfback; Wing-back; Defensive back
Personal information
Born:	April 22, 1916; Austin, Minnesota, U.S.
Died:	August 9, 1965 (aged 49); Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.
Career information
College:	Minnesota
NFL draft:	1939 / round: 9 / pick: 78
Career history
	Washington Redskins (1939–1946);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL champion (1942); Pro Bowl (1942); National champion (1936); First-team All-Big Ten (1938);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	73
Starts:	37
Rushing attempts:	183
Rushing yards:	901 (4.9 average)
Receptions:	91
Yards receiving:	1,224 (13.5 average)
Touchdowns:	24
	Player stats at PFR

Wilbur John Moore (April 22, 1916 – August 9, 1965) was an American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Minnesota and was drafted in the ninth round of the 1939 NFL draft.^[1]

Wing-back Wilbur Moore (#35) with teammates "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh and Dick Todd on the Redskins bench during the 1943 season.

On August 9, 1965, Moore was shot to death in front of his wife's home in Mitchellville, Maryland. He and Clara Moore had been separated for three months, and had been seen arguing before she killed him with a single shot from a .22 caliber revolver.^[2]

References

^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
^ "Wilbur Moore, Grid Ace, Slain", Chicago Tribune, August 10, 1965, p. 1.