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61-year-old Vietnam vet makes the cut as a small-college kicker
Yahoosports ^ | 09/01/11 | Nick Bromberg

Posted on 09/02/2011 7:19:35 AM PDT by Doogle

At an age when many start thinking about retirement, Alan Moore is restarting his football career.

Moore, a 61 year-old Vietnam veteran, will kick this fall for Faulkner University, a small Christian school in Montgomery, Ala., 43 years after his initial college career was cut short by Vietnam. When he takes the field against Ave Maria on Sept. 10, Moore will be the oldest player ever to take the field for a four-year university.

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To: windcliff

A veteran after my own heart.


21 posted on 09/02/2011 11:37:00 AM PDT by onedoug (!)
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