Dom Moselle
Moselle on a 1952 football card
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| No. 92, 93, 47, 24 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive back, Halfback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 23, 1926 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Gile, Wisconsin | ||||||||
| Date of death: | August 19, 2010 (aged 84) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Superior, Wisconsin | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Hurley (WI) | ||||||||
| College: | University of Wisconsin–Superior | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1950 / Round: 23 / Pick: 299 | ||||||||
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| Rush yards: | 176 |
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| Receiving yards: | 475 |
| Touchdowns: | 6 |
| Interceptions: | 4 |
Dominic Angelo "Dom" Moselle (June 23, 1926 – August 19, 2010) was an American football defensive back and halfback who played in the National Football League (NFL) during the early 1950s.
Moselle grew up in Wisconsin and attended University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) starting in 1946 after serving two years in the U.S. Army during World War II. Playing as a halfback for the school's football team, he set a number of records, including most rushing yards in a career and most touchdowns in a game, season and career. He was the team's captain and was chosen as an all-conference player. The NFL's Cleveland Browns selected him in the later rounds of the 1950 draft after he was recommended to Cleveland head coach Paul Brown by the coach of one of his opponents in college. The Browns won the NFL championship in 1950, but Moselle was traded the following year to the Green Bay Packers. He played two seasons in Green Bay and one season for the Philadelphia Eagles before playing a final season in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders in 1955.
After ending his playing career, Moselle got a master's degree in education and coached at Wabash College for three years. He then moved back to UWS as a teacher and coach, staying at his alma mater until he retired in 1986. He was inducted into the UWS hall of fame in 1973 and into the Superior Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Moselle died in 2010.
Moselle was born in Gile, Wisconsin and attended Hurley High School, where he played basketball, baseball and football. After graduating in 1943, he joined the U.S. Army and served in Guam and Hawaii during World War II between 1944 and 1945. When the war ended, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, then known as Superior State Teachers College, where he studied health and physical education. Playing as a halfback on the school's Yellowjackets football team between 1946 and 1949, Moselle set school records for rushing yards in a career, with 2,652 on 491 carries. He also set a single-season school rushing record in 1948 with 962 yards. He still holds the record for most touchdowns in a game, season and career, as well as for kickoff returns for touchdowns. He was the football team's captain, and was named an all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference player in football and basketball.
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