Francis Dale "Hap" Moran was an American football halfback who played in the National Football League for the Frankford Yellow Jackets, the Chicago Cardinals, the Pottsville Maroons and the New York Giants.
12 Facts About Hap Moran
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Hap Moran played college football for Carnegie Tech and Grinnell.
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Hap Moran was captain of the Iowa All-State team in 1920, and his team from Boone represented Iowa at the National Interscholastic Tournament at the University of Chicago, where he was named a High School All-American by Amos Alonzo Stagg.
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Hap Moran was recruited by Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh primarily for basketball, but played football.
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In 1923 Hap Moran returned to Iowa and played football and basketball for Grinnell College.
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In 1926 Hap Moran was hired by Frankford Yellow Jackets' Coach Guy Chamberlin, and his first professional game was against Akron, led by Fritz Pollard, the All-American from Brown University, one of the few black players in the NFL.
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Hap Moran scored Frankford's only points of the game and earned a starting spot as halfback.
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Frankford won the NFL Championship that season, and Hap Moran was their second-highest scorer.
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Hap Moran played the first part of the 1927 season with the Yellow Jackets and was then recruited by the Chicago Cardinals, primarily for his kicking skills.
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Hap Moran was ranked second in the league for field goals and ninth for points after touchdowns that year.
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Hap Moran stayed with the Giants for the next five seasons.
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Hap Moran's 91-yard run remained a Giants record for 75 years until it was broken by Tiki Barber on December 31,2005.