1. Bernie Hawthorne Moore was an American college football, basketball, track and field coach and college athletics administrator.
11 Facts About Bernie Moore
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Bernie Moore served as the head football coach at Mercer University and Louisiana State University.
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Bernie Moore was then SEC commissioner from 1948 to 1966.
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Bernie Moore was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1952.
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Bernie Moore was the youngest of 14 children, the son of a Baptist minister.
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Bernie Moore coached football, baseball, basketball, and track at Winchester and LaGrange high schools, and Allen Military Academy, before receiving the position of line coach for Sewanee.
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Bernie Moore came to Louisiana State University in 1929 as an assistant coach for Russ Cohen's LSU Tigers football team.
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Bernie Moore became the coach of the LSU Tigers track and field team in 1930.
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Bernie Moore took over the LSU football head coaching job in 1935 after the resignation of Biff Jones, and was a popular choice among the football players.
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Bernie Moore was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1963 and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1966.
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Bernie Moore died on November 6,1967, in Winchester, Tennessee.