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September 15, 2000
Warbirds' Chuck Moser was more than winning coach
By Jeff Walker
Reporter-News Staff Writer
In some minds, Chuck Moser should be mentioned in the same breath with legendary coaches like Vince Lombardi, Bear Bryant or John Wooden.
Perhaps, he should be in a class by himself.
In seven years as the head football coach at Abilene High from 1953-59, Moser guided the Eagles to a 78-7-2 record. He later served as the Abilene ISD athletic director from 1960-74. His accomplishments have been well documented: 49 consecutive wins from 1954-57, 51 straight games in which the Eagles were unbeaten and three consecutive Class 4A state titles.
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Charles H. "Chuck" Moser was born September 9, 1918 to Charles Tilghman and Mary Jane HINTON MOSER in Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO. He died on May 8, 1995 in Waco, Texas. was an American football coach. He was known for guiding Abilene High School to a 49-game winning streak from 1954–57, which is still a Texas state record for 4A and 5A schools (though tied by Southlake Carroll HS in 2004-07).[1] Moser also served as assistant to Emory Bellard at Texas A&M University.
Moser was an all-conference center on Don Faurot's Missouri Tigers team that went to the Sugar Bowl in 1939. He began his coaching career in Lexington, Missouri, but joined the Army Air Corps one year later. He became a navigator at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. After World War II, Moser coached at McAllen High School before succeeding P. E. Shotwell at Abilene in the spring of 1953. Moser retired from coaching in early 1960 at age 41, to serve as athletic director of Abilene schools. He briefly returned to coaching as offensive backfield coach under Emory Bellard at Texas A&M.
In 1942, Chuck met and married Doris Jane WOODLEY which he was a Captain in the United States Army stationed at Hondo, Texas; theirs was a happy marriage for 53 years. Chuck is survived by their two daughters, Jane Moser Drum and her husband, Richard of Boerne, Texas and Glenn Moser Rogers and her husband, Jim Rogers of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas. Their grandchildren are: Allison and her husband, Jay Angell; Megan and her husband, Randy Cooley; and Tim and his wife, Savannah Rogers. Their eight great grandchildren, as of Jan. 18, 2012.
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September 15, 2000
Warbirds' Chuck Moser was more than winning coach
By Jeff Walker
Reporter-News Staff Writer
In some minds, Chuck Moser should be mentioned in the same breath with legendary coaches like Vince Lombardi, Bear Bryant or John Wooden.
Perhaps, he should be in a class by himself.
In seven years as the head football coach at Abilene High from 1953-59, Moser guided the Eagles to a 78-7-2 record. He later served as the Abilene ISD athletic director from 1960-74. His accomplishments have been well documented: 49 consecutive wins from 1954-57, 51 straight games in which the Eagles were unbeaten and three consecutive Class 4A state titles.
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Charles H. "Chuck" Moser was born September 9, 1918 to Charles Tilghman and Mary Jane HINTON MOSER in Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO. He died on May 8, 1995 in Waco, Texas. was an American football coach. He was known for guiding Abilene High School to a 49-game winning streak from 1954–57, which is still a Texas state record for 4A and 5A schools (though tied by Southlake Carroll HS in 2004-07).[1] Moser also served as assistant to Emory Bellard at Texas A&M University.
Moser was an all-conference center on Don Faurot's Missouri Tigers team that went to the Sugar Bowl in 1939. He began his coaching career in Lexington, Missouri, but joined the Army Air Corps one year later. He became a navigator at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. After World War II, Moser coached at McAllen High School before succeeding P. E. Shotwell at Abilene in the spring of 1953. Moser retired from coaching in early 1960 at age 41, to serve as athletic director of Abilene schools. He briefly returned to coaching as offensive backfield coach under Emory Bellard at Texas A&M.
In 1942, Chuck met and married Doris Jane WOODLEY which he was a Captain in the United States Army stationed at Hondo, Texas; theirs was a happy marriage for 53 years. Chuck is survived by their two daughters, Jane Moser Drum and her husband, Richard of Boerne, Texas and Glenn Moser Rogers and her husband, Jim Rogers of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas. Their grandchildren are: Allison and her husband, Jay Angell; Megan and her husband, Randy Cooley; and Tim and his wife, Savannah Rogers. Their eight great grandchildren, as of Jan. 18, 2012.
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